Activity Based Summer Science Institute for Middle

 and Junior High Teachers: June 2-6, 2008

Year Six: Technology Version

DIRECTIONS TO UTM

Application is available (click here)!

Click here for a group picture, Fifth-Institute -Year Three (June 4-8, 2007)

Funded by a grant from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC-2007).

See Special Graduate Level Course Offering (First Summer Session, PHYS691 in Conjunction with This Institute!)

CLICK HERE FOR PHYS 691REGISTRATION  INFO!)

E-mail Dr. Erkal fro more info.  cerkal@utm.edu

World Year of PHYSICS-2005

Dr. Erkal supports this event as project evaluator.

String Theory: Watch the PBS documentary:  Elegant Universe

TIME SERIES RESEARCH:

Research  Interest

Basics of  EKG signal 

Electricity in Heart

Some characteristics of EKG data (my own data

collected with PASCO)

Some Characteristics of Heart Rate Data (RR):

phase space, FFT, smoothed data, differenced data)

[Collaboration with Drs. Cecen and Ugur of

Central Michigan University]

Some characteristics of Daily Temperature Data

[Collaboration with Dr. Simpson of UTM]

Magnetic dipole in sinusoidal field

Physics Education Research (link to Maryland page)

SIMULATIONS:

1)Caming soon: These micromedia applications

 are by Dr. Richard Taylor : Gravity, motion, sound,

and more...

2)Here is an applet for projectile motion
(written by Bob McGrew formerly OSSM student, currently at Stanford), click and test!:

Short Curriculum Vitae

Student Research

Outreach Activities

Material for K-12 teachers (e-mail me if you need help!)

·         Linear Motion Lecture for Teachers

·         Linear Motion Activity for Teachers

·         Build a Telescope

·         Magnetic Field

·         Static Electricity

·         Third-Annual In-service for Teachers-April 2002: Simple Physics Demos

Web Support for 2004 classes(on Blackboard):

Physlet-from-Davidson: Physics simualtions

A compilation of Physics Simulation Sites for all classes;

Spring 2002(all courses are on blackboard):   

ENGR 464, PHYS 323,

PHYS150

Fall 2001: PHYS150 (on Blackboard)

Summer 2001 (on Blackboard )

Spring 2001 semester

Fall 2000 semester

Bulletin Board (temporarily out of order, please send e-mail):

Click on  MY BULLETIN BOARD to leave message, post a question or to check an announcement FOR CLASSES: PHYS221, PHYS 202, PHYS 212, PHYS 150