EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT PROBLEMS IN A SCHOOL PHYSICS COURSE

This work is devoted to the development of experimental problems when preparing project work in a school physics course. Presenting the importance of project-based learning, the need to create appropriate problems in a physics course is substantiated. The main methodological novelty of the article lies in the presentation of the possibility of using experimental problems in the formation of topics for design problems. It is recommended to replenish the database of physics design problems by processing standard experimental problems. It is shown that the experience and knowledge accumulated by students in solving theoretical problems can also be used in implementing design problems. The article presents two experimental problems of varying complexity as an example. The first problem relates to determining (estimating) the pressure exerted by a standing person on the floor. In contrast to the accepted formal approach to performing such a problem, special attention is paid to the method of determining the contact surface of the foot with the floor, which is also important from an interdisciplinary point of view. It is no coincidence that a significant portion of design work involves the application of knowledge from more than one discipline. The next problem considered in the article is related to determining the coefficient of friction of a body with a plane by using elementary devices. Two solutions to this problem are given. Comparisons of these approaches are also presented, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses.