Workshop Physics

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Workshop Physics is one component of the Activity Based Physics Suite. It is a calculus-based introductory physics curriculum designed to completely replace traditional lectures and laboratories. In a typical two-hour Workshop Physics class session, students use equipment and computer tools for data acquisition, visualization, analysis, and mathematical modeling.

Activity Based Physics

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Activity-Based Physics is a multi-institutional project to sustain and enhance current efforts to render introductory physics courses more effective and exciting at both the secondary and college level. This program represents a collaborative effort by an informally constituted team of educational reformers to use the outcomes of physics education research along with flexible computer tools to develop activity-based models of physics instruction. This project includes the refinement of existing written materials, apparatus, instructional techniques, and computer software and hardware; the creation of new instructional materials and approaches; as well as classroom testing in different settings and dissemination. The refinement and development of instructional strategies and materials is informed by a comprehensive program of educational research.

Six Ideas That Shaped Physics: Unit C: Conservation Laws Constrain Interactions, 2E

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		Six Ideas That Shaped Physics: Unit C: Conservation Laws Constrain Interactions, 2nd Edition
				Thomas A Moore, POMONA COLLEGE Softcover, 306 pages ©2003, ISBN 0072291524
		Table of Contents
				C1 Introduction to Interactions C2 Vectors C3 Interactions Transfer Momentum C4 Particles and Systems C5 Applying Momentum Conservation C6 Introduction to Energy C7 Some Potential Energy Functions C8 Force and Energy C9 Rotational Energy C10 Thermal Energy C11 Energy in Bonds C12 Power, Collisions, and Impacts C13 Angular Momentum C14 Conservation of Angular Momentum

Six Ideas that Shape Physics - Moore , 2E

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				Six Ideas that Shape Physics: 6 Unit package, 2nd Edition
				Thomas A Moore, POMONA COLLEGE ©2003, ISBN 0072564822
		Description
				SIX IDEAS THAT SHAPED PHYSICS is the 21st century's alternative to traditional, encyclopedic textbooks. Thomas Moore designed SIX IDEAS to teach students: --to apply basic physical principles to realistic situations --to solve realistic problems --to resolve contradictions between their preconceptions and the laws of physics --to organize the ideas of physics into an integrated hierarchy
		Features
		A MORE CAREFUL AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO PROBLEM-SOLVING FRAMEWORKS. This includes a new general problem-solving framework that applies across units, new tools for solving specific kinds of problems, and more general instruction in problem-solving in the text. A NEW APPROACH TO EMPHASIZING IMPORTANT FORMULAS. The new edition puts crucial formulas in boxes that also display important information about its purpose and limitations and what its symbols mean. MANY MORE PHOTOGRAPHS help make the text more visually interesting and help link the concepts to physical reality. TWO-COLOR LAYOUT WITH COLOR TIED TO PEDAGOGICAL GOALS. Color is used to emphasize the imaginary elements we add to a situation when we construct a mental model. UNIT E (Electromagnetic Fields) HAS BEEN REWRITTEN to reduce the level of the mathematics, more strongly emphasize the concept of potential, and more strongly emphasize visual arguments. UNIT C (Conservation Laws) HAS BEEN REORGANIZED to increase the time spent on the difficult topics of collisions and angular momentum, to introduce the concept of force sooner, and to present the material in a more efficient manner. UNIT N (Laws of Physics) HAS BEEN SIMPLIFIED to reduce the level of the mathematics in various chapters, to use more visually-based lines of reasoning, and to more strongly emphasize computer solutions to realistic problems. NEW MATERIAL IN UNIT T (Thermodynamics, gases...) includes a treatment of the Boltzmann Factor and a more realistic exploration of degrees of freedom in gas molecules. This unit also discusses several new computer programs that help students more easily visualize important ideas.

The Sciences: An Integrated Approach - Trefil, 5E

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The Sciences: An Integrated Approach, 5th Edition James Trefil ISBN: 0-471-76992-4 Paperback 624 pages October 2006 This product is not currently available for purchase from this website.

Description

The Sciences, 5th Edition integrates major concepts from physics, chemistry, astronomy, earth sciences, and biology to help anyone become science-literate. Even readers with little or no science background will find this unique book an indispensable guide to understanding the latest headlines, controversies, and scientific developments. The new edition keeps pace with the dynamic nature of the sciences by incorporating the most up-to-date discoveries in all five disciplines.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Science: A Way of Knowing The Ordered Universe Energy Heat And The Second Law Of Thermodynamics Electricity and Magnetism Waves And Electromagnetic Radiation Albert Einstein And The Theory of Relativity The Atom Quantum Mechanics Atoms In Combination: The Chemical Bond Materials and their Properties The Nucleus Of The Atom The Ultimate Structure Of Matter The Stars Cosmology The Earth And Other Planets Plate Tectonics Earth’s Many Cycles Ecology, Ecosystems, And The Environment Strategies Of Life The Living Cell Molecules of Life Classical And Modern Genetics The New Science Of Life Evolution Appendices Human Anatomy Units And Numbers The Geologic Time Scale Selected Physical Constants And Astronomical Data Properties Of The Planets The Chemical Element Glossary Credits Index

Physics Matters: An Introduction to Conceptual Physics, Laboratory Manual - Trefil

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Laboratory Manual to Accompany Physics Matters: An Introduction to Conceptual Physics James Trefil, Robert M. Hazen, Robert Ehrlich, Ania Wyczalkowski ISBN: 0-471-26154-8 Paperback 166 pages June 2004 US $21.95 This price is valid for Colombia.

Description

Get hands-on experience with this Lab Manual! Designed to accompany Trefil’s Physics Matters, this Lab Manual contains 20 different labs covering major topics with common equipment. Written by authors who have vast experience in communicating science to general audiences, Physics Matters conveys the principles of physics in a manner that is understandable to the non-scientist. In a prose style that is clear, engaging, and contemporary, it pays particular attention to the relevance of physics in comprehending our modern technological society and the issues created by those technologies.

Table of Contents

Experiment One. Perception; Making Estimates and Measurement; Units. Experiment Two. Motion at Constant Velocity. Experiment Three. Motion at Constant Acceleration. Experiment Four. Forces- 1 Dimension. Experiment Five. Forces in 2-Dimensions. Experiment Six. Momentum Conservation. Experiment Seven. Torques. Experiment Eight. Work and Energy Conservation. Experiment Nine. Archimedes’ Principle. Experiment Ten. Radiant Heating and Cooling. Experiment Eleven. Simple Harmonic Motion. Experiment Twelve. Waves. Experiment Thirteen. Ohm’s Law and Electric Circuit Part 1. Experiment Fourteen. Electric Circuits Part 2, RC Decay. Experiment Fifteen. Magnetic Fields. Experiment Sixteen. Induction and Transformers. Experiment Seventeen. Reflection, Refraction, and Polarization of Light. Experiment Eighteen. Mirrors and Lenses. Experiment Nineteen. Atomic Spectra. Experiment Twenty. Nuclear Decay Simulation. Index.