Andria C. Schwortz
Associate Professor of Integrated Science and Physics

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QCC Presentations

• Social Media for Teaching
  Presented at the Spring 2011 Faculty and Professional Staff Retreat, and at the Fall 2011 All College Day, this is an hour-long introduction to the ways social media can be used in the classroom and out of it. 

Other Projects

• AAS Summer 2011 Meeting
  A Comparison of Online and On-Ground Student Performance in Calculus-based Physics I
  In Spring 2011 I studied student grades and quiz responses in both online and on-ground sections of University Physics I (calc-based mechanics for scientists and engineers). 
  Abstract available through ADSABS
• NEBATYC May 2008 Meeting
  How Much Math Do They Need?: Determining Math Prerequisites for Science Courses
  In Spring 2008 I studied student grades in a conceptual astronomy course and examined correlations with their Math and English prerequisites.
  Download as MS PowerPoint, or .pdf
• 2006 Externship with Dr. Robert Gutermuth, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  Spitzer Space Telescope
  Young Cluster Survey
  Education and Public Outreach
  Webpage Development

Student Work

During Spring 2010, a number of my physics students in both PHY 105 and PHY 102 submitted videos demonstrating how to solve problems from the textbook (Giancoli).  Some of their work is below. 

• Doppler Effect.  (Giancoli.  Physics: Principles with Applications, 6E.  Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2005.  Problem 12.54, pg. 349.)
• Work and Energy.  (Giancoli.  Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, 4E.  Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2008.  Problem 7.73, pg. 180.)
• Speed Part 1, Part 2.  (Problem authored by the students.)