From: Marc Crown (mcrown@gatewayhigh.org)
Date: Thu Apr 14 2005 - 11:04:35 PDT
Message-Id: <6ded053e73a2434d33e9cbec5bdad63f@gatewayhigh.org> From: Marc Crown <mcrown@gatewayhigh.org> Subject: Re: pinhole physics textbook Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:04:35 -0700
Sorry, I didn't mean to post this to pinhole
On Apr 14, 2005, at 10:46 AM, Marc Crown wrote:
> Mark, you just made my day. I've been searching for a text that would
> align with our 9th grade curriculum of Chem/Physics. Most of the texts
> I've checked out have had lots of stuff on earth/space that we just
> wouldn't use. I checked out the web site and it looks better than
> anything else I've seen so far.
> anything else you can tell me about the system would be useful to know
> before pursuing this further? Seems a bit pricey, especially the lab
> stuff? What would be your critiques of the book/labs after using it
> for awhile?
> thanks so much for any help you can offer.
> Funny enough I meant to email you earlier about a post re job opening
> in Portland. While I'm not looking at this time, your school sounded
> interesting to me. I grew up nearby in Hood River and my family still
> lives in the Portland area. At some point I plan to move back to
> Portland and I'm always interested in what's happening with schools in
> Portland. I would love to visit your school at some point in the near
> future.
> thanks again
> marc
>
> Marc Crown
> Science Teacher
> Gateway HIgh School
> 1350 7th Ave
> San Francisco, CA. 94122
>
> On Apr 13, 2005, at 8:47 PM, Mark Lawton wrote:
>
>> regarding textbooks ...
>>
>> Just this trimester I began using a physics text from CPO Science
>> that I am very happy with. The text comes with equipment for doing
>> labs. The labs and the text are very closely linked and students are
>> expected to do the reading AFTER doing the labs.
>>
>> While the program is not perfect, I find much better than using
>> Hewitt. Hewitt's book strongly reflects his teaching style which is
>> very much teacher centered and relies on "killer" demos instead of
>> "killer" labs.
>>
>> Check it out at CPOScience.com
>>
>> -Mark Lawton
>> Portland
>>
>>
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