Special Interest in Material Science
College of Arts and Sciences
Program Manager: Clifton Calloway
E-mail: callowayc@winthrop.edu
This two-week summer workshop course covers selected topics from the physics and chemistry
content areas of the South Carolina Academic Standards for High School Science. Modern
materials, including polymers, ceramics, metals and composites applied to electronic,
optical and magnetic properties are provided as application. Delivery of the material
includes traditional lectures as well as the following innovative approaches in science
teaching: flipped learning, hands-on experiments, group activities, computer-based
data collection, computer modeling, group discussions and presentations.
Benefits for participating teachers:
- Three Winthrop University graduate credits (PHYS 610) towards professional development;
- One set of the following equipment for the home-school: Pasco’s Air link interface
and sensors (motion, pressure, temperature, pH, and voltage), and B+K Precision digital
multimeter;
- The opportunity to experience hands-on experiments in chemistry and physics for classroom
incorporation, enabling greater potential for student interest and training of the
SC workforce in the STEM subdisciplines connected to
materials science.