GENERAL PHYSICS 1

INSIGHT PAPER #1

NAME: PHLLIP DODGE B. AGUILA DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2020

SECTION: GRADE 12-DIPLOMACY TEACHER: MRS. MARJORIE NARIZ

TITLE

Global Citizenship is the action of being aware and understanding of the wider world. It
is all about encouraging everyone, especially the youth in taking appropriate, necessary actions
to create a better, sustainable, and peaceful world. It is about developing our skills, behavior,
culture, and knowledge to prepare ourselves for the active roles we will partake, and the belief
that we can all make a difference and change for the better. In this time of crisis and discord,
each one of us has a role in improving the state of everyone’s lives.

With lots of disasters bombarding the country, lots of precautionary measures are being
created with different ideas being applied, including Physics. Physics has a role in alleviating
certain structural issues of infrastructures and geological mishaps, developing innovations for
improvement to reduce the risks, hazards, and damages of these disasters. During
earthquakes, buildings with defective structures due to the misapplication of physics, will result
to its destruction. The elevation of roads in order to prevent the accumulation of water that will
results to flooding, the bumps on roads to prevent incidents caused by over speeding, the use of
seatbelts to prevent a person’s upper body in crashing towards the front of the car when car
crash happens, etc.

Diseases are disasters that is hard to contain if left untreated. In this time of COVID-19,
Physics also takes part in preventing its transmission. In a study created by Netz, R. and Eaton
W. (2020), entitled “Physics of virus transmission by speaking droplets,” they studied the
behavior of droplets in the air after it has been released whether it remains suspended in the air
or rapidly fall to the ground due to gravity, after considering the decrease in the size of the
droplets from water evaporation. The results of the study greatly supported the use of mouth
and face coverings to prevent the transmission of the disease as some droplets falls, and some
potentially virus-carrying droplets, remain airborne for minutes.
 Climate change is an issue that is continuously affecting our world’s overall status.
Weather and climate are driven by the absorption of solar radiation and the subsequent re-
distribution of that energy through radiative, advective, and hydrological processes (Regmi J.
2014). Through the application of Physics, researchers can come up with ideas pertaining to the
prevention, mitigation, adaptation, geoengineering, and knowledge-based expansion with
regards to climate change management.

Through learning physics, everyone can contribute to the welfare of the society by
addressing the problems in the mechanism of things. A global citizen should be patient, have
the will to learn, and have open-minded thoughts, to learn the knowledge of physics easily and
successfully. Being a global citizen is not a skill to have but rather, a mission to do. Your every
action may affect the situation of those living around you.

References:

https://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/who-we-are/what-is-global-citizenship/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281775154_An_Innovation_of_Disaster_Mitigation_Ba
sed_On_Physics_Learning_Using_Earthquake_Media_Model_in_Improving_Students'_Scientifi
c_Literacy_and_Disaster_Awareness
https://www.wondersofphysics.com/2019/07/physics-real-life-examples.html
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/41/25209
https://www.aps.org/policy/reports/popa-reports/energy/climate.cfm#:~:text=The%20physics
%20of%20climate%20change,%2C%20advective%2C%20and%20hydrological%20processes.
https://energycentral.com/c/cp/climate-change-physics-101
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/PT.3.2548

Insight Paper Rubric

Criteria Superior (31-40 points) Sufficient (21-30 Minimal (11-20 points) Unacceptable (0-10 points)
points)

Depth of Response demonstrates Response Response demonstrates a Response demonstrates a

Reflection an in-depth reflection demonstrates a general minimal reflection on, and lack of reflection on, or
on, and personalization reflection on, and personalization of, the personalization of, the
of, the theories, personalization of, the theories, concepts, and/or theories, concepts, and/or
concepts, and/or theories, concepts, strategies presented in the strategies presented in the
25% strategies presented in and/or strategies course materials to date. course materials to date.
the course materials to presented in the course Viewpoints and Viewpoints and
date. Viewpoints and materials to date. interpretations are interpretations are missing,
interpretations are Viewpoints and unsupported or supported inappropriate, and/or
_______/10
insightful and well interpretations are with flawed arguments. unsupported. Examples,
supported. Clear, supported. Examples, when applicable, when applicable, are not
detailed examples are Appropriate examples are not provided or are provided.
provided, as applicable. are provided, as irrelevant to the assignment.
applicable.
Required Response includes all Response is missing at Response is missing some Response excludes essential
Components components and meets most one (1) (not more than 2) components components and/or does not
or exceeds all component or and/or does not fully meet the address the requirements
requirements indicated requirement indicated requirements indicated in the indicated in the instructions.
in the instructions. in the instructions. The instructions. Some questions Many parts of the assignment
25% Each question or part rest of the questions of or parts of the assignment are are addressed minimally,
of the assignment is the assignment is not addressed. inadequately, and/or not at
addressed thoroughly. addressed. Cited all all.
Cited all credible and credible and reliable
_______ /10
reliable references in references in
APA format. APA/non-APA
format.
Structure Writing is clear, Writing is mostly Writing is unclear and/or Writing is unclear and
concise, and well clear, concise, and disorganized. Thoughts are disorganized. Thoughts
organized with well organized with not expressed in a logical ramble and make little sense.
excellent good manner. There are more than There are numerous spelling,
25% sentence/paragraph sentence/paragraph five spelling, grammar, or grammar, or syntax errors
construction. Thoughts construction. Thoughts syntax errors per page of throughout the response.
are expressed in a are expressed in a writing.
_____ coherent and logical coherent and logical
manner. There are no manner. There are no
_______/10 more than three more than five
spelling, grammar, or spelling, grammar, or
syntax errors per page syntax errors per page
of writing. of writing.
Correctness The concepts and data The concepts and data The concepts and data The concepts and data
of presented are all presented are up-to- presented contain two or presented are wrong and
Data/Concept correct and up-to-date. date. However, the more corrections which obsolete. Several corrections
The discussion of the concept needs further signifies misconceptions on are found in the discussions
physics concept elaboration to make the physics concepts. The which signify lack of
demonstrates mastery the explanation clearer discussion is very limited and mastery of the topic.
25% and the explanations OR a correction was not clear.
are all clear. found in the discussion
of the concept.
_______/10