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Orientation on the
Specializations in the BS
Applied Physics Program
of UPLB
D. L. V. Almanza, A. L. C. Jusi, J. S. C.
Dizon
A. K. G. Tapia
Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics
University of the Philippines Los Baos
College, Laguna, Philippines
email: agtapia@up.edu.ph
Students Issues
o EARLY SHIFTING to other course w/o
experiencing the physics core courses
o Unpreparedness to the core courses and
which research lab to pursue.
o Unaware of the methods and ways of the
various research laboratories.
Research
Specializations
Instrumentation
Experimental
Computational
Undergraduate
Research Monitoring
o Implementation stage
Monitoring stage
Evaluation Stage
Motivation
o In order for the students to appreciate
methods to solve Physical problems,
an activity-based orientation of the
specializations in the BS Applied
Physics curriculum was designed.
Motivation
The title of this pilot activity is
Physics Workshop on Newtons Law
of Cooling: Introduction to Analytical,
Numerical, and Experimental
Methods
Orientation of the
Program-Traditional
o Lecture type orientation
Students are unavaialbe most of the time
Students cant rememeber all the
information about the research laboratories
Topics discussed are not so relatable
Activity-based
Orientation
Profile of participants
students in their second year in the
curriculum
Newtons Laws of
Cooling
dT/dt = -k(T-Ts)
T(t) = Ts + (TO - Ts)e-kt
Activity Proper 1
Lecture
on the
Newtons
Law of
cooling
Activity ProperNumerical
Using Eulers
method, they
simulated the
cooling curve of
a system using
excel.
Activity ProperExperimental
they performed
experiment
comparing the
cooling curves of
water & oil using
hot plate,
thermometer &
thermocouple
This is to introduce them to the experimental
courses that will be taken in the program.
Sources of errors
Students identified
in the analytical solution, the heat
transfer through the container was not
incorporated.
the response time of the measuring
device was not measured.
the numerical errors using Eulers
method were not calculated
Facilitators Evaluation
the time alloted (3hrs) is not enough to cover all
the details.
Limited set-up for the participants
Students are expected to have better
mathematical foundation
Simpler workshop materials
Profiling of students abilities prior to the workshop.
Pre and post evaluation of their learning outcomes
Students Evaluation
All of the students evaluation on the overall
workshop content and appreciation range
from agree to strongly agree.
Based from their skills and to what they
know, they have ranked the specializations
accordingly.
12.5
%
50%
37.5%
Summary
An activity-based orientation of the specializations in
applied physics was pilot tested
There is a need for improvements of the mode of
orientation
All of the students response to the workshop range from
agree to strongly agree
As part of the students response, 50% of the students
prioritize computational physics as specialization
followed by experimental physics and instrumentation
Acknowledgement