چکیده (انگلیسی):

As physics teachers at the collegiate level, we are faced with the difficulty of lack of interest in
science among non-science majors. An example of this occurred in a conceptual physics course at
West Virginia University, where we taught mostly students attending the education college. A poll
taken of the class found 62% of the students wrote they did not want to teach science. A difficulty
presented by this is that the students, who are mostly aspiring elementary level teachers, will go
into the teaching field with a lack of enthusiasm toward teaching science. It is our goal then to
excite these students, and all students, towards science and therefore exhibit eagerness when
applying their knowledge in the classroom and elsewhere. One method for accomplishing this is
to give these students hands-on, relevant, stimulating, and interesting curriculum in a laboratory
environment. We have created several alterations to the course that succeed in meeting these
goals and have proven to truly excite the students toward physics and science in general.