Activity Description:
Students give oral presentation on truly modern (post 1960) technologies developed in industry, focusing specifically on the legal, patent, industrial competition aspects of development, rather than the physics.
Downloadable Resources:
Level: Any
Relevant Phys21 Area(s):
Communication Skills, Workplace Skills
Learning Objectives:
Duration:
Home prep followed by in-classroom presentation (120 minutes/5-10 min per student)
Target Audience:
Sophomore physics majors
Suggested context for implementation:
You could invite students to suggest their own technologies, provided they are focused on applications or apparatus.