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ERIC Number: EJ1186266
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Sep
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-9120
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Computer Simulations Combined with Experiments for a Calculus-Based Physics Laboratory Course
Physics Education, v53 n5 Article 055013 Sep 2018
This paper presents a set of laboratory classes to be taught as a part of a 1 year calculus-based physics class. It is composed of 7 modules designed to bring together experiments and computer simulations. Each module uses both simulations and experiments to address a phenomenon under study, and lasts for 3 weeks (21 weeks total for the whole set). Wolfram Mathematica is used for computer simulations. Topics are: motion with drag, pendulum with an arbitrary amplitude, Magnus effect, centripetal force acting on a pendulum, a ball rolling from paths of various shapes, Doppler shift and Fourier transformation, equipotential lines. These laboratory classes were taught for 2 years at Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Jersey
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