计算机模拟方法促进热学课程教学创新——分子动力学模拟在分子动理学理论教学上的应用

The Teaching Innovation of Thermology Course Based on Computer Simulation Method—Application of Molecular Dynamics Simulation in the Teaching of Molecular Kinetics Theory

摘要: 热学课程为物理专业一年级本科生的必修专业基础课，具有很强的承上启下的功能，但学生受制于当时的能力水平，在知识上难于理解某些过于抽象的知识点，在能力培养上个性化的需求难以满足，在课程思政上很难将所学与国家地区需求相结合。本文尝试在课程早期即分子动理学理论部分引入分子动力学模拟方法连接以上三个方面，实现在知识掌握上提高对热学基础知识的理解和掌握，并提高与其它专业课程之间的关联度；在能力培养上基于学生的个性化需求，培养学生的科学精神和科研兴趣；在课程思政方面，引导建立服务国家和地区需求的意识，培养学生的家国情怀。

Abstract: Thermology is a fundamental curriculum of physics and plays an important role in the study of major courses. Students should meet some difficulties during the study of thermology: the abstract concepts lead to the difficulty in the understanding of the specific knowledge; the personalized requirements cannot be satisfied owing to the loss of ability training; the ideological and political education in curriculum is hard to be related with the national needs. This paper attempts to introduce molecular dynamics simulation method in the early part of the course, namely molecular kinetics theory. Molecular dynamics simulation is used to connect the above three aspects. The simulation improves the understanding of the basic knowledge of thermology and promotes the correlation with other major courses. Based on the individual needs of students, students’ scientific spirit and the research interest should be cultivated. In the ideological and political aspects of the curriculum, it guides the establishment of the consciousness of serving the needs of the country and the region, and cultivates students’ feelings of home and country.