Implementation Guidance

How are the modules organized in terms of topics? 

The organization of the modules by topics and our suggested prior modules for each module is given below. The modules within a given topic are sequential, but many of the topics can be done independently of other topics, and/or the suggestions from prior modules can be used as an interactive pre-activity reading or assignment that can be completed outside of class. Modules 1 - 12 are designed primarily for use in physics classes and Modules A - E are for use in chemistry classes.

Which modules should you use for various courses or topics?

Below are our suggestions for using the different modules in your standard undergraduate physics sequence or as supplemental units to add to any of your introductory science courses.

Once you have decided to implement a module, how should you prepare for implementation?

(1) Read through the selected module and attempt to answer the questions yourself. This will help you see what questions are a bit trickier than others and what sections may take more time. You can look at the answers posted under the Instructional Materials for the module if you are unsure about your answers for any of the questions. Check out the supplemental readings at the bottom of each module if you want to learn more about the referenced topic.

(2) Read through the Instructor's Manual for the selected module. This will give you the prior knowledge that students will need in order to complete the module successfully, along with suggestions for how students can gain that prior knowledge through reading or doing some previous modules as a pre-class assignment or in-class. The Instructor's Manual also provides timing estimates for each section and suggestions for how the module can be completed in-class and/or which sections might be good for out-of-class work, if you have time constraints. 

(3) Look through the other Instructional Materials available for the module. You can see the slides we used to implement the module in our classes, links to the short and longer assessments we used to check if students achieved the module learning objectives, and occasional supplemental materials we found useful in our courses teaching that module. Some modules also have some example experiments that our undergraduate students performed with our benchtop NMR spectrometers that are related to the module. These are nice experiments you can have your students perform themselves or have your students interpret the results and make their own conclusions based on the provided experimental procedure and data.

After you have implemented the module in your class, please provide us feedback on the module using the module feedback form linked at the bottom of the Instructional Materials for that module!