PhysHOME 2012 - Prague, 20.-23. 6. 2012

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Basic information about the workshop:

PhysHOME will be focused on simple experiments in physics education – the name being an acronym for Physics by Hands-On Minds-on Experiments. So, the experiments need not be only from the kitchen :-) . The letters in HOME may also stand for:
H… head, heart, human (or also Heureka for those who know this informal project :-) )
O... open,     ME... meaningful education, mutual exchange (of ideas); also: Middle-Europe.

The goal of the workshop is to bring together people who are developing, improving or using in innovative way simple physics school experiments. The workshop will be a place where participants will be able to share their experiences, present their work, critically review each other’s ideas, mutually inspire and make the first step toward some collaboration that may continue in future. Also, we hope that some presented and perhaps further developed ideas, experiments etc. could be useful for real teaching and learning both in developing and other countries.

The seminar will be rather informal. No formal conference dinner or other special social activities are planned. Also no fee is expected. What is expected from all of us is an active participation.
The scope of the seminar will be quite open. Any topic that fits into the general scope of the seminar is welcome. These may include demonstration experiments, lab experiments, experiments for students’ projects, but also tools, devices and instruments to facilitate such experiments. Special emphasis will be put on presenting and discussing different ways how these experiments could (or should) be used in physics teaching and learning. There is no limitation on the level or age of students to which these experiments or methods are aimed for.

Hopefully, some proceedings or at least a collection of papers published on the website and/or on a CD will appear as a result of our work. Photos and videos are expected to be a natural part of documentation of workshop activities and their results. The documents and materials that we shall develop could be useful for us and for other people both as resource materials and as an inspiration for future work.