Integrating Energy, Equity, and Place in High School Physics
Rachel Scherr
Pedagogical Methods Used
Peer Instruction / Think-Pair-Share, Collaborative problem-solving, Conceptually-oriented activities, Context-rich problems, Ranking tasks, Guided inquiry, Tutorials
Describe the courses that you teach
Introductory university physics, physics courses for teachers, physics courses for preservice teachers
What does it mean to you to integrate science and equity?
1: Access - Increased access to school learning, equitable distribution of academic resources. 2: Achievement - Equitable school achievement, e.g., closing achievement gaps 3: Identity - Representation; students seeing themselves in the curriculum and as scientists 4: Problematizing power - Challenging the values embedded in science concepts; recognizing political, economic, and cultural origins and applications 5: Social justice - Science is a tool to be put to use by social justice movements
CONTRIBUTIONS
Solar panels and energy sovereignty
Remote Learning, HomeworkHow much electricity do solar panels generate? How can Indigenous people use them to pursue energy sovereignty?
Energy Equity, Personal Energy Use, Energy Access, Energy Justice, Race, Poverty and Economic Injustice, Colonialism
Power and Energy, Circuit Analysis, Currents
Rachel Scherr
Energy is Sociopolitical
VideoThe concept of energy, like all science concepts, is created and sustained by people in specific settings for sociopolitical purposes.
Socio-political Origins of Energy, Socio-political Origins and Impacts, Education
What Is Energy?, Socio-political Origins of Energy
Rachel Scherr
Skin voltage and wound healing
Remote Learning, HomeworkHuman skin is electrical, and currents in the skin are essential to wound healing! Who would benefit most from electrotherapy?
Health Care, Race, Ethnicity, Disability
Electric Field, Capacitors
Rachel Scherr
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