InTASC 4: Content Knowledge (List) | Bloodworth Educational Portfolio

InTASC 4: Content Knowledge

The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and creates learning experiences that make these aspects of the discipline accessible and meaningful for learners to assure mastery of the content.

Charge Model Construction

A lesson on charge interactions focused on probing understanding for how objects become charged and how charged and uncharged objects interact with each other.

Van de Graaff Demo Day

A set of slides that guide class inquiry using a Van de Graaff generator. These demos utilize an understanding of how charges move due to their interactions.

Mental Models of Energy in Electrostatics

An investigation connecting the previous concepts of charge interactions and gravitational potential energy to the movement of charges in an electric potential.