Search result: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2018

Number	Title	Type	ECTS	Hours	Lecturers
Physics TC Detailed information on the programme at: www.didaktischeausbildung.ethz.ch
Specialized Courses in Respective Subject with Educational Focus
402-0737-00L	Energy and Environment in the 21st Century (Part I)	W	6 credits	2V + 1U	M. Dittmar
Abstract	The energy and related environmental problems, the physics principles of using energy and the various real and hypothetical options are discussed from a physicist point of view. The lecture is intended for students of all ages with an interest in a rational approach to the energy problem of the 21st century.
Learning objective	Scientists and espially physicists are often confronted with questions related to the problems of energy and the environment. The lecture tries to address the physical principles of todays and tomorrow energy use and the resulting global consequences for the world climate. The lecture is for students which are interested participate in a rational and responsible debatte about the energyproblem of the 21. century.
Content	Introduction: energy types, energy carriers, energy density and energy usage. How much energy does a human needs/uses? Energy conservation and the first and second law of thermodynamics Fossile fuels (our stored energy resources) and their use. Burning fossile fuels and the physics of the greenhouse effect. physics basics of nuclear fission and fusion energy controlled nuclear fission energy today, the different types of nuclear power plants, uranium requirements and resources, natural and artificial radioactivity and the related waste problems from the nuclear fuel cycle. Nuclear reactor accidents and the consequences, a comparison with risks from other energy using methods. The problems with nuclear fusion and the ITER project. Nuclear fusion and fission: ``exotic'' ideas. Hydrogen as an energy carrier: ideas and limits of a hydrogen economy. new clean renewable energy sources and their physical limits (wind, solar, geothermal etc) Energy perspectives for the next 100 years and some final remarks
Lecture notes	many more details (in english and german) here: http://ihp-lx2.ethz.ch/energy21/
Literature	Die Energiefrage - Bedarf und Potentiale, Nutzung, Risiken und Kosten: Klaus Heinloth, 2003, VIEWEG ISBN: 3528131063; Environmental Physics: Boeker and Egbert New York Wiley 1999
Prerequisites / Notice	Science promised us truth, or at least a knowledge of such relations as our intelligence can seize: it never promised us peace or happiness Gustave Le Bon Physicists learned to realize that whether they like a theory or they don't like a theory is not the essential question. Rather, it's whether or not the theory gives predictions that agree with experiment. Richard Feynman, 1985
402-0922-00L	Mentored Work Specialised Courses in Physics with an Educational Focus A Mentored Work Specialised Courses in the Respective Subject with an Educational Focus in Physics for TC and Teaching Diploma.	O	2 credits	4A	G. Schiltz, A. Vaterlaus
Abstract	In the mentored work on their subject specialisation, students link high-school and university aspects of the subject, thus strengthening their teaching competence with regard to curriculum decisions and the future development of the tuition. They compile texts under supervision that are directly comprehensible to the targeted readers - generally specialist-subject teachers at high-school level.
Learning objective	Practice in the explanation of complex topics in physics as the core competence of the teaching profession Improvement of the physics education by providing attractive recent topics with regard to future curricular decisions and the public view of physics
Content	Choice of topic by individual arrangement
402-0944-00L	Science in School (Current Topics for the Classroom) Does not take place this semester. Enrolment in Physics Didactics I (402-0910-00L) and Physics Didactics II (402-0910-00L) is mandatory.	W	2 credits	2G	A. Vaterlaus
Abstract	In dieser Veranstaltung geht es um die Frage, wie man moderne Themen der Physik oder neue Forschungsergebnisse in den Unterricht am Gymnasium integrieren kann. Welche Gebiete interessieren die Schülerinnen und Schüler? Welche Unterrichtsmethoden eignen sich für die Umsetzung? Wie soll man das Gelernte überprüfen?
Learning objective	Die Studierenden können eigenständig Lernumgebungen zu modernen Themen der Astrophysik, Biophysik, Quantenphysik und der Festkörperphysik gestalten, die sich im Unterricht am Gymnasium einsetzen lassen.
Content	Aufbau und Struktur von Lernaufgaben Durchführung von Partner- und Gruppenarbeiten Aufbau und Durchführung von Projektarbeiten Betreuung von Maturaarbeiten Ausarbeitungen von Unterrichtssequenzen zu modernen Themen der Physik.
Lecture notes	Unterlagen werden verteilt.
Literature	Wird angegeben.
Prerequisites / Notice	Der Besuch der FD1 sowie der FD2 in Physik wird vorausgesetzt. Zu den Themen der Vorlesung können mentorierte Arbeiten verfasst werden.

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