Andreas Vaterlaus: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2017

Award: The Golden Owl
Name Prof. Dr. Andreas Vaterlaus
FieldPhysics and Education
Address
Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik
ETH Zürich, HPZ G 21
John-von-Neumann-Weg 9
8093 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
Telephone+41 44 633 65 19
E-mailandreasv@ethz.ch
DepartmentPhysics
RelationshipFull Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
402-0062-00LPhysics I5 credits3V + 1UA. Vaterlaus, G. Feldman
AbstractIntroduction to the concepts and tools in physics with the help of demonstration experiments: mechanics of point-like and rigid bodies, elasticity theory, elements of hydrostatics and hydrodynamics, periodic motion and mechanical waves, electricity and magnetism. Whenever possible, examples relevant to the students' main field of study are given.
ObjectiveFörderung des wissenschaftlichen Denkens. Es soll die Fähigkeit entwickelt werden, beobachtete physikalische Phänomene mathematisch zu modellieren und die entsprechenden Modelle zu lösen.
Lecture notesSkript wird verteilt
LiteratureFriedhelm Kuypers
Physik für Ingenieure und Naturwissenschaftler
Band 1: Mechanik und Thermodynamik
Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2012, 448 S, ca.: Fr. 30.-

Douglas C. Giancoli
Physik
Pearson Studium

Paul A. Tipler
Physik
Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 1998

David Halliday Robert Resnick Jearl Walker
Physik
Wiley-VCH, 2003

dazu gratis Online Ressourcen (z.B. Simulationen): www.halliday.de
402-0101-00LThe Zurich Physics Colloquium Information 0 credits1KR. Renner, G. Aeppli, C. Anastasiou, N. Beisert, G. Blatter, S. Cantalupo, M. Carollo, C. Degen, G. Dissertori, K. Ensslin, T. Esslinger, J. Faist, M. Gaberdiel, G. M. Graf, R. Grange, J. Home, S. Huber, A. Imamoglu, P. Jetzer, S. Johnson, U. Keller, K. S. Kirch, S. Lilly, L. M. Mayer, J. Mesot, B. Moore, D. Pescia, A. Refregier, A. Rubbia, K. Schawinski, T. C. Schulthess, M. Sigrist, A. Vaterlaus, R. Wallny, A. Wallraff, W. Wegscheider, A. Zheludev, O. Zilberberg
AbstractResearch colloquium
Objective
Prerequisites / NoticeOccasionally, talks may be delivered in German.
402-0909-00LPhysics Didactics II: Motivating Instruction Commensurate with the Level Restricted registration - show details
Prerequisite: sucessful completion of course 402-0910-00L Physics Didactics: Special Didactics of Physics Teaching (Lecturer: M. Mohr).

Information for UZH students:
Enrolment to this course unit only possible at ETH. No enrolment to module 090Phy2 at UZH.
Please mind the ETH enrolment deadlines for UZH students: Link
4 credits3GC. Wagner, A. Vaterlaus
AbstractUnterrichtssequenzen zu vorgegebenen physikalischen Themen werden unter Berücksichtigung des Backward Designs in einem blended Learning Ansatz erarbeitet.
ObjectiveDie Studierenden strukturieren den Inhalt ihres Unterrichts anhand einer Concept Map. Sie können Aktivitäten für Schülerinnen und Schüler designen, die das Lernen sichtbar machen (Clicker Sessions, Hands-on Experimente, POE-Experimente, Applets, white boards usw.). Sie beziehen Resultate der Interessensforschung, Lernschwierigkeiten und häufige Fehlvorstellungen in ihre Unterrichtsentwicklung mit ein und können den Lernerfolg mit Hilfe verschiedener Beurteilungsinstrumente evaluieren.
ContentZu vorgegebenen Themen der Physik werden Lerngelegenheiten für die Gymnasialstufe entwickelt. Dabei soll dem Vorwissen, der Einführung ins Thema, der Wissensstruktur, den Aktivitäten der Schülerinnen und Schüler, der Motivation sowie der Ergebnissicherung besondere Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt werden. Diese Lerngelegenheiten werden in einem blended Learning Ansatz mit Referee- und Vorstellungssequenzen ausgearbeitet. Am Ende des Semesters liegen detailliert ausgearbeitete und evaluierte Unterrichtseinheiten zu einem Themenbereich der Mittelschulphysik vor.
Lecture notesUnterlagen werden abgegeben.
Literaturezum Beispiel:
G. Wiggins and Jay McTighe, „Understanding by Design“ ASCD (2005) ISBN 1-4166-0225-9.
E. Kirchner, R. Girwidz und P. Häussler, „Physikdidaktik“, 2. Auflage, (2001) Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg.
P. Häussler, W. Bünder, R. Duit, W. Gräber, J. Mayer, "Perspektiven für die Unterrichtspraxis", IPN (1998), ISBN 3-89088-124-6.
Prerequisites / NoticeDie Inhalte von Fachdidaktik 1 werden in der Fachdidaktik 2 vorausgesetzt.
402-0917-00LMentored Work Subject Didactics Physics A Information Restricted registration - show details
Mentored Work Subject Didactics in Physics for TC, Teaching Diploma and Teaching Diploma Physics as Minor Subject
2 credits4AG. Schiltz, A. Vaterlaus, C. Wagner
AbstractIn their mentored work on subject didactics, students put into practice the contents of the subject-didactics lectures and go into these in greater depth. Under supervision, they compile tuition materials that are conducive to learning and/or analyse and reflect on certain topics from a subject-based and pedagogical angle.
ObjectiveThe objective is for the students:
- to be able to familiarise themselves with a tuition topic by consulting different sources, acquiring materials and reflecting on the relevance of the topic and the access they have selected to this topic from a specialist, subject-didactics and pedagogical angle and potentially from a social angle too.
- to show that they can independently compile a tuition sequence that is conducive to learning and develop this to the point where it is ready for use.
ContentThematic Focus
The topics of the mentored work are mostly chosen from the high school curriculum.

Methods
With the help of the mentor the students individually work on a topic and write a thesis about it.
Lecture noteshttp://www.fachdidaktik.physik.ethz.ch/Ment_Arbeiten/
Prerequisites / NoticeThe mentored work should normally be finished before the teaching internship.
402-0918-00LMentored Work Subject Didactics Physics B Information Restricted registration - show details
Mentored Work Subject Didactics in Physics for TC and Teaching Diploma.
2 credits4AG. Schiltz, A. Vaterlaus, C. Wagner
AbstractIn their mentored work on subject didactics, students put into practice the contents of the subject-didactics lectures and go into these in greater depth. Under supervision, they compile tuition materials that are conducive to learning and/or analyse and reflect on certain topics from a subject-based and pedagogical angle.
ObjectiveThe objective is for the students:
- to be able to familiarise themselves with a tuition topic by consulting different sources, acquiring materials and reflecting on the relevance of the topic and the access they have selected to this topic from a specialist, subject-didactics and pedagogical angle and potentially from a social angle too.
- to show that they can independently compile a tuition sequence that is conducive to learning and develop this to the point where it is ready for use.
ContentThematic Focus
The topics of the mentored work are mostly chosen from the high school curriculum.

Methods
With the help of the mentor the students individually work on a topic and write a thesis about it.
Lecture noteshttp://www.fachdidaktik.physik.ethz.ch/Ment_Arbeiten/
Prerequisites / NoticeThe mentored work should usually be finished before the teaching internship.
402-0922-00LMentored Work Specialised Courses in Physics with an Educational Focus A Information Restricted registration - show details
Mentored Work Specialised Courses in the Respective Subject with an Educational Focus in Physics for TC and Teaching Diploma.
2 credits4AG. Schiltz, A. Vaterlaus, C. Wagner
AbstractIn 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.
ObjectivePractice 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
ContentChoice of topic by individual arrangement
Lecture noteshttp://www.fachdidaktik.physik.ethz.ch/Ment_Arbeiten/
Prerequisites / NoticeStart anytime, in German or English
402-0923-00LMentored Work Specialised Courses in Physics with an Educational Focus B Information Restricted registration - show details
Mentored Work Specialised Courses in the Respective Subject with an Educational Focus in Physics for Teaching Diploma and for students upgrading TC to Teaching Diploma.
2 credits4AG. Schiltz, A. Vaterlaus, C. Wagner
AbstractIn 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.
ObjectivePractice 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
ContentChoice of topic by individual arrangement
Lecture noteshttp://www.fachdidaktik.physik.ethz.ch/Ment_Arbeiten/
Prerequisites / NoticeStart anytime, in German or English
402-0924-00LInternship Physics Didactics Restricted registration - show details
Internship Physics Didactics for Teaching Diploma with Physics as First Subject.

Obligatorisch für Studierende, die ab FS 2014 in das Lehrdiplom eintreten.

Studierende, die vor dem FS 2014 in das Lehrdiplom eingetreten sind, müssen entweder die mentorierte Arbeit oder das Fachdidaktikpraktikum Physik als obligatorische Lehrveranstaltung absolvieren. Selbstverständlich können auch beide Lehrveranstaltungen absolviert werden.
4 credits9PM. Mohr, A. Vaterlaus, C. Wagner
AbstractDuring the Internship Physics Didactics students teach 8 lessons in the classes of an internship teaching person. Students develop, test and analyze teaching arrangement under the guidance of a mentor (one of the lecturers).
ObjectiveBasic knowledge for the design of teaching arrangements is the topic of the Physics Didactics I and II courses. In the subsequent Internship Physics Didactics students combine the theoretical knowledge acquired in the didactics courses with practical aspects of teaching. During the internship students learn to transform their teaching goals into a real live class room setting considering subject specific, didactical and pedagogical aspects.
ContentDas Fachdidaktikpraktikum bietet den Studierenden eine Möglichkeit, Lernumgebungen wirksam zu gestalten und ihr methodisches Repertoire gezielt zu erweitern. In Absprache mit der Praktikumslehrperson und dem Mentor werden die Aufträge für die Gestaltung der Arrangements formuliert. Die schriftlichen Ausarbeitungen und die Reflexionen über die Lektionen sind Bestandteil des Portfolios, welches die Studierenden für diese Veranstaltung anlegen. Zu den Lektionen führt die Praktikumslehrperson Vor- und Nachbesprechungen durch.
Lecture notesWird vom Mentor bestimmt.
Prerequisites / NoticeDas Fachdidaktikpraktikum kann erst nach dem Besuch der FD1 und frühestens mit der FD2 durchgeführt werden (eine gleichzeitige Belegung von Fachdidaktik 2 und Fachdidaktikpraktikum ist möglich).
406-0062-AALPhysics I
Enrolment ONLY for MSc students with a decree declaring this course unit as an additional admission requirement.

Any other students (e.g. incoming exchange students, doctoral students) CANNOT enrol for this course unit.
5 credits11RA. Vaterlaus
AbstractIntroduction to the concepts and tools in physics: mechanics of point-like and rigid bodies, elasticity theory, elements of hydrostatics and hydrodynamics, periodic motion and mechanical waves.
ObjectiveIntroduction to the scientific methodology. The student should develop his/her capability to turn physical observations into mathematical models, and to solve the latter.
The student should acquire an overview over the basic concepts in mechanics.
ContentBook:
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Douglas C. Giancoli, Pearson Education (2009), ISBN: 978-0-13-157849-4

Chapters:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (without: 6-5, 6-6, 6-8), 7, 8 (without 8-9), 9, 10 (without 10-10), 11 (without 11-7), 13 (without 13-13, 13-14), 14 (without 14-6), 15 (without 15-3, 15-5)
Literaturesee "Content"

Friedhelm Kuypers
Physik für Ingenieure und Naturwissenschaftler
Band 1: Mechanik und Thermodynamik
Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2002, 544 S, ca.: Fr. 68.-
406-0063-AALPhysics II
Enrolment ONLY for MSc students with a decree declaring this course unit as an additional admission requirement.

Any other students (e.g. incoming exchange students, doctoral students) CANNOT enrol for this course unit.
5 credits11RA. Vaterlaus
AbstractIntroduction to the "way of thinking" and the methodology in Physics. The Chapters treated are Magnetism, Refraction and Diffraction of Waves, Elements of Quantum Mechanics with applications to Spectroscopy, Thermodynamics, Phase Transitions, Transport Phenomena.
ObjectiveIntroduction to the scientific methodology. The student should develop his/her capability to turn physical observations into mathematical models, and to solve the latter.
The student should acquire an overview over the basic concepts used in the theory of heat and electricity.
ContentBook:
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Douglas C. Giancoli, Pearson Education (2009), ISBN: 978-0-13-157849-4

Chapters:
17 (without 17-5, 17-10), 18 (without 18-5, 18-6, 18-7), 19, 20 (without 20-7, 20-8, 20-9, 20-10, 20-11), 21 (without 21-12), 23, 25 (without 25-9, 25-10), 26 (without 26-4, 26-5, 26-7), 27, 28 (without 28-4, 28-5, 28-8. 28-9, 28-10), 29 (without 29-5, 29-8), 32 (without 32-8), 33 (without 33-4, 33-5, 33-9, 33-10), 34 (without 34-4, 34-6, 34-7), 35 (without 35-2, 35-3, 35-9, 35-11, 35-12, 35-13).
Literaturesee "Content"

Friedhelm Kuypers
Physik für Ingenieure und Naturwissenschaftler
Band 2 Elektrizität, Optik, Wellen
Verlag Wiley-VCH, 2003, Fr. 77.-