Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 20:34:28 -0600
To: satex@mail.ed.uiuc.edu
From: ken Cooksey <kcooksey@nslsilus.org>
Subject: project proposal 

The project I am designing is called,  "Share the Physics Phun".
It will soon be web site:

<http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/4040/>

The project will be my first attempt to create a Web page. I
intend to keep it relatively simple. However,  I have a personal
goal to continue the project several years, expanding it
continuously.   I believe that the web offers a dynamic visual
medium that will continue to improve with time and I'd like to
become a part of it.

Content:

Many physics teachers, along with their students, use short film
clips to capture objects in motion for measurement.  Others are
very creative in their lab activities,  their demonstrations and
their homemade equipment.  I believe that sharing experiences on
the Internet would be mutually beneficial to all involved.
 
To launch the project :

Our school district has two high schools.   I will have a class
of my students contribute to my web site from my school.  My
friend at Highland Park High School will have  students
contribute to the site form his school.   His students will send
them to me by E'mail or they will download them into the web site
(if it is ready) .  We will  attempt at least one or more of the
following:  A quick time physics movie, an exceptional lab,  a
picture of  some lab  equipment,  a picture that allows
measurements.   We will begin the project immediately.   When the
web page is ready we will share the results with the students and
allow them to send feedback to each other by E'mail.

 My long range goals:

I will solicit teachers to down load short clips of interesting
activities to the web site and the site will allow teachers to
upload these clips to their own computers
Examples:
1.  A short clip of a roller coaster in which students or
teachers can measure its velocity and momentum.
2.  An astronomical sky chart of interesting objects customized
for time and place.  (jpeg files)
3.  A picture of  homemade lab equipment that a teacher has found
useful.

I will request that teachers have their students submit files to
the website. For example a student might have these challenges in
mind.:
1. Students took  these pictures and made these measurements
from them. Can you duplicate the results?
2. Here is an interesting lab that we did at my school. Can
you do this lab and get the same answers?
3. We made this simulation on  a computer. It illustrates
angular momentum.  Do you have one to share? (some 
simulations run as a quick time movies)

I feel that this project is a bit ambitious for me but I am
willing to try.

Ken Cooksey <kcooksey1@aol.com> or <kcooksey@nslsilus.org> 
Deerfield High School 
1959 Waukegan Road
Deerfield IL, 60015