Interactive Physics Player Workbook - Schwarz, 2E

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Interactive Physics Player Workbook, Hybrid WIN/MAC Version, 2/E Cindy Schwarz, Vassar College John P. Ertel, U. S. Naval Academy MSC Software Publisher: Prentice Hall Copyright: 2004 Format: Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 233 pp ISBN-10: 0130671088 ISBN-13: 9780130671080 Our Price: $38.40 Status: Instock Published: 09/10/2003 Description For courses in algebra-based and calculus-based physics. This interactive workbook, tutorial oriented worksheets and CD-ROM package is designed to help students visualize and work with specific physics problems through simulations created with Interactive Physics files. Forty problems of varying degrees of difficulty require students to make predictions, change variables, run, and visualize motion on the computer. The accompanying workbook/study guide provides instructions, physics review, hints, and questions. The accompanying CD-ROM contains everything students need to run the simulations. Table Of Contents 1. A Car Moving with Constant Acceleration (Vectors). 2. A Car Moving with Constant Acceleration (Graphs). 3. A Car Moving with Constant Acceleration (Graphs). 4. Three Cars Racing. 5. A Boat Crossing a River. 6. An Airplane Flying with Wind. 7. A Ball Thrown Straight Up in the Air (Vectors) 8. A Ball Thrown Straight Up in the Air (Graphs). 9. Projectile Motion Idealized. 10. Projectile Motion with Air Resistance. 11. Projectiles and Relative Velocity. 12. Three Forces on a Puck. 13. Horizontal Motion with Friction (Energy). 14. A Crate Pulled Along a Floor. 15. A Cart and Mass Attached with a Rope Over a Pulley. 16. A Block Moving Up a Hill without Friction. 17. A Block Moving On a Hill with Friction. 18. A Block Moving On a Hill with Friction (Energy). 19. A Block Sliding Down a Hill with Friction. 20. Pulling Three Crates. 21. Pulling Three Crates Uphill. 22. A Two-Car Collision in One Dimension. 23. A Ball Thrown Up in the Air (Energy). 24. A Ball Thrown Up that Hits the Ceiling. 25. A Ball Moving in a Circle with Constant Speed. 26. A Rod Rotating about Its Center. 27. Forces Applied to a Hinged Door. 28. Torques on a Meter Stick. 29. A Ferris Wheel (Vectors). 30. A Ferris Wheel (Graphics). 31. A Block Oscillating on a Spring (Vectors, Equations). 32. A Block Oscillating on a Spring (Energy and Damping). 33. Simple Pendulum. 34. Rolling Down Hill. 35. Odd-Shaped Rotating Projectile. 36. Mystery Motion 1. 37. Mystery Motion 2. 38. Combination Motion 39. More Complex Combination Motion 40. Double Pendulum. Answers to Self-Tests. Cross References to Texts. Features NEW - Students do NOT need the Interactive Physics program to use the book/CD-ROM. NEW - The Interactive Physics Player Workbook is a Stand-alone product that can be used with any algebra-based or calculus-based physics text. NEW - Professors can use the simulations in lecture. NEW - All forty of the simulations are either new or updated from the first edition. NEW - New graphics have been integrated and the interface has been simplified. NEW - Second Edition is on a CD-ROM and is dual-platform. New To This Edition Students do NOT need the Interactive Physics program to use the book/CD-ROM. The Interactive Physics Player Workbook is a Stand-alone product that can be used with any algebra-based or calculus-based physics text. Professors can use the simulations in lecture. All forty of the simulations are either new or updated from the first edition. New graphics have been integrated and the interface has been simplified. Second Edition is on a CD-ROM and is dual-platform.

College Physics - Wilson, 6E

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College Physics, 6/E Jerry D Wilson Anthony J Buffa Bo Lou Publisher: Prentice Hall Copyright: 2007 Format: Cloth; 1048 pp ISBN-10: 0131495798 ISBN-13: 9780131495791 Our Price: $146.70 Status: Instock Published: 01/24/2006 Description Appropriate for a two-term algebra-based physics course. The Sixth Edition of this text places an even stronger emphasis on the biomedical applications, while continuing to present fundamental physics concepts in a clear and concise manner. Table Of Contents Preface XV 1 Measurement and Problem Solving 1 Insight: 1.1 Why Study Physics? 2 1.1 Why and How We Measure 2 1.2 SI Units of Length, Mass, and Time 3 Insight: 1.2 What Is Time? 6 1.3 More about the Metric System 7 1.4 Unit Analysis 10 1.5 Unit Conversions 12 Insight: 1.3 Is Unit Conversion Important? 16 1.6 Significant Figures 17 1.7 Problem Solving 20 Chapter Review 24 Exercises 25 2 Kinematics: Description of Motion 32 2.1 Distance and Speed: Scalar Quantities 33 2.2 One-Dimensional Displacement and Velocity: Vector Quantities 35 Learn by Drawing: Cartesian Coordinates and One-Dimensional Displacement 35 2.3 Acceleration 40 Learn by Drawing: Signs of Velocity and Acceleration 42 2.4 Kinematic Equations (Constant Acceleration) 45 2.5 Free Fall 49 Insight: 2.1 Galileo Galilei and the Leaning Tower of Pisa 51 Chapter Review 56 Exercises 57 3 Motion in Two Dimensions 67 3.1 Components of Motion 68 3.2 Vector Addition and Subtraction 73 Learn by Drawing: Make a Sketch and Add Them Up 80 3.3 Projectile Motion 81 3.4 Relative Velocity 90 Chapter Review 94 Exercises 95 4 Force and Motion 103 4.1 The Concepts of Force and Net Force 104 4.2 Inertia and Newton’s First Law of Motion 105 4.3 Newton’s Second Law of Motion 106 Insight: 4.1 g’s of Force and Effects on the Human Body 108 4.4 Newton’s Third Law of Motion 112 Insight: 4.2 Sailing into the Wind–Tacking 115 4.5 More on Newton’s Laws: Free-Body Diagrams and Translational Equilibrium 116 Learn by Drawing: Forces on an Object on an Inclined Plane and Free-body Diagrams 116 4.6 Friction 121 Chapter Review 130 Exercises 131 5 Work and Energy 140 5.1 Work Done by a Constant Force 141 Learn by Drawing: Work: Area under the F-versus-x Curve 142 Learn by Drawing: Determining the Sign of Work 143 5.2 Work Done by a Variable Force 145 5.3 The Work—Energy Theorem: Kinetic Energy 148 5.4 Potential Energy 152 5.5 Conservation of Energy 155 Insight: 5.1 People Power: Using Body Energy 156 Learn by Drawing: Energy Exchanges: A Falling Ball 161 5.6 Power 164 Insight: 5.2 Hybrid Energy Conversion 164 Chapter Review 168 Exercises 169 6 Linear Momentum and Collisions 177 6.1 Linear Momentum 178 6.2 Impulse 182 6.3 Conservation of Linear Momentum 185 Insight: 6.1 The Automobile Air Bag and Martian Air Bags 186 6.4 Elastic and Inelastic Collisions 191 6.5 Center of Mass 198 6.6 Jet Propulsion and Rockets 204 Chapter Review 207 Exercises 207 7 Circular Motion and Gravitation 216 7.1 Angular Measure 217 7.2 Angular Speed and Velocity 219 Learn by Drawing: The Small-Angle Approximation 219 7.3 Uniform Circular Motion and Centripetal Acceleration 223 Insight: 7.1 The Centrifuge: Separating Blood Components 225 7.4 Angular Acceleration 228 7.5 Newton’s Law of Gravitation 231 Insight: 7.2 Space Exploration: Gravity Assists 238 7.6 Kepler’s Laws and Earth Satellites 238 Insight: 7.3 “Weightlessness”: Effects on the Human Body 245 Chapter Review 247 Exercises 248 8 Rotational Motion and Equilibrium 256 8.1 Rigid Bodies, Translations, and Rotations 257 8.2 Torque, Equilibrium, and Stability 259 8.3 Rotational Dynamics 270 Insight: 8.1 Stability in Action 271 8.4 Rotational Work and Kinetic Energy 277 8.5 Angular Momentum 280 Insight: 8.2 Slide or Roll to a Stop? Antilock Brakes 281 Chapter Review 287 Exercises 288 9 Solids and Fluids 297 9.1 Solids and Elastic Moduli 298 9.2 Fluids: Pressure and Pascal’s Principle 302 Insight: 9.1 Osteoporosis and Bone Mineral Density (BMD) 304 Insight: 9.2 An Atmospheric Effect: Possible Earaches 311 Insight: 9.3 Blood Pressure and Its Measurement 312 9.3 Buoyancy and Archimedes’ Principle 313 9.4 Fluid Dynamics and Bernoulli’s Equation 319 *9.5 Surface Tension, Viscosity, and Poiseuille’s Law 324 Insight: 9.4 The Lungs and Baby’s First Breath 325 Chapter Review 329 Exercises 330 10 Temperature and Kinetic Theory 338 10.1 Temperature and Heat 339 10.2 The Celsius and Fahrenheit Temperature Scales 340 Insight: 10.1 Human Body Temperature 343 10.3 Gas Laws, Absolute Temperature, and the Kelvin Temperature Scale 343 Insight: 10.2 Warm-Blooded versus Cold-Blooded 344 10.4 Thermal Expansion 350 Learn by Drawing: Thermal Area Expansion 351 10.5 The Kinetic Theory of Gases 354 Insight: 10.3 Physiological Diffusion in Life Processes 357 *10.6 Kinetic Theory, Diatomic Gases, and the Equipartition Theorem 357 Chapter Review 360 Exercises 361 11 Heat 367 11.1 Definition and Units of Heat 368 11.2 Specific Heat and Calorimetry 370 11.3 Phase Changes and Latent Heat 374 Learn by Drawing: From Cold Ice to Hot Steam 377 11.4 Heat Transfer 379 Insight: 11.1 Physiological Regulation of Body Temperature 380 Insight: 11.2 Physics, the Construction Industry, and Energy Conservation 384 Insight: 11.3 The Greenhouse Effect 388 Chapter Review 390 Exercises 391 12 Thermodynamics 397 12.1 Thermodynamic Systems, States, and Processes 398 12.2 The First Law of Thermodynamics 399 12.3 Thermodynamic Processes for an Ideal Gas 403 Learn by Drawing: Leaning on Isotherms 409 12.4 The Second Law of Thermodynamics and Entropy 410 Insight: 12.1 Life, Order, and the Second Law 414 12.5 Heat Engines and Thermal Pumps 414 Learn by Drawing: Representing Work in Thermal Cycles 415 Insight: 12.2 Thermodynamics and the Human Body 420 12.6 The Carnot Cycle and Ideal Heat Engines 422 Chapter Review 425 Exercises 426 13 Vibrations and Waves 433 13.1 Simple Harmonic Motion 434 Learn by Drawing: Oscillating in a Parabolic Potential Well 437 13.2 Equations of Motion 439 13.3 Wave Motion 446 13.4 Wave Properties 449 Insight: 13.1 Earthquakes, Seismic Waves, and Seismology 450 13.5 Standing Waves and Resonance 454 Insight: 13.2 Desirable and Undesirable Resonances 458 Chapter Review 459 Exercises 460 14 Sound 467 14.1 Sound Waves 468 Insight: 14.1 Ultrasound in Medicine 470 14.2 The Speed of Sound 471 14.3 Sound Intensity and Sound Intensity Level 474 Insight: 14.2 The Physiology and Physics of the Ear and Hearing 475 14.4 Sound Phenomena 481 14.5 The Doppler Effect 484 Insight: 14.3 Doppler Applications: Blood Cells and Raindrops 490 14.6 Musical Instruments and Sound Characteristics 491 Chapter Review 496 Exercises 498 15 Electric Charge, Forces, and Fields 505 15.1 Electric Charge 506 15.2 Electrostatic Charging 508 15.3 Electric Force 512 15.4 Electric Field 517 Learn by Drawing: Using the Superposition Principle to Determine the Electric Field Direction 518 Learn by Drawing: Sketching Electric Lines of Force 521 Insight: 15.1 Lightning and Lightning Rods 523 Insight: 15.2 Electric Fields in Law Enforcement and Nature: Stun Guns and Electric Fish 524 15.5 Conductors and Electric Fields 526 *15.6 Gauss’s Law for Electric Fields: A Qualitative Approach 528 Chapter Review 529 Exercises 530 16 Electric Potential, Energy, and Capacitance 536 16.1 Electric Potential Energy and Electric Potential Difference 537 Learn by Drawing: ¢V Is Independent of Reference Point 538 16.2 Equipotential Surfaces and the Electric Field 543 Learn by Drawing: Graphical Relationship between Electric Field Lines and Equipotentials 547 16.3 Capacitance 549 Insight: 16.1 Electric Potential and Nerve Signal Transmission 552 16.4 Dielectrics 552 16.5 Capacitors in Series and in Parallel 557 Chapter Review 561 Exercises 562 17 Electric Current and Resistance 568 17.1 Batteries and Direct Current 569 Learn by Drawing: Sketching Circuits 571 17.2 Current and Drift Velocity 571 17.3 Resistance and Ohm’s Law 573 Insight: 17.1 The “Bio-Generation” of High Voltage 575 Insight: 17.2 Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) 578 17.4 Electric Power 580 Chapter Review 585 Exercises 586 18 Basic Electric Circuits 591 18.1 Resistances in Series, Parallel, and Series—Parallel Combinations 592 18.2 Multiloop Circuits and Kirchhoff’s Rules 599 Learn by Drawing: Kirchhoff Plots: A Graphical Interpretation of Kirchhoff’s Loop Theorem 602 18.3 RC Circuits 604 18.4 Ammeters and Voltmeters 607 Insight: 18.1 Applications of RC Circuits to Cardiac Medicine 608 18.5 Household Circuits and Electrical Safety 611 Insight: 18.2 Electricity and Personal Safety 614 Chapter Review 615 Exercises 616 19 Magnetism 623 19.1 Magnets, Magnetic Poles, and Magnetic Field Direction 624 19.2 Magnetic Field Strength and Magnetic Force 626 19.3 Applications: Charged Particles in Magnetic Fields 629 19.4 Magnetic Forces on Current-Carrying Wires 632 19.5 Applications: Current-Carrying Wires in Magnetic Fields 635 19.6 Electromagnetism: The Source of Magnetic Fields 637 19.7 Magnetic Materials 641 Insight: 19.1 The Magnetic Force in Future Medicine 642 *19.8 Geomagnetism: The Earth’s Magnetic Field 644 Insight: 19.2 Magnetism in Nature 645 Chapter Review 647 Exercises 648 20 Electromagnetic Induction and Waves 656 20.1 Induced emf: Faraday’s Law and Lenz’s Law 657 20.2 Electric Generators and Back emf 663 Insight: 20.1 Electromagnetic Induction at Work: Flashlights and Antiterrorism 664 Insight: 20.2 Electromagnetic Induction at Play: Hobbies and Transportation 666 20.3 Transformers and Power Transmission 668 20.4 Electromagnetic Waves 672 Chapter Review 679 Exercises 679 21 AC Circuits 686 21.1 Resistance in an AC Circuit 687 21.2 Capacitive Reactance 689 21.3 Inductive Reactance 691 21.4 Impedance: RLC Circuits 693 21.5 Circuit Resonance 697 Insight: 21.1 Oscillator Circuits: Broadcasters of Electromagnetic Radiation 699 Chapter Review 700 Exercises 701 22 Reflection and Refraction of Light 705 22.1 Wave Fronts and Rays 706 22.2 Reflection 707 22.3 Refraction 708 Learn by Drawing: Tracing the Reflected Rays 708 Insight: 22.1 A Dark, Rainy Night 709 Insight: 22.2 Negative Index of Refraction and the “Perfect” Lens 715 22.4 Total Internal Reflection and Fiber Optics 717 Insight: 22.3 Fiber Optics: Medical Applications 720 22.5 Dispersion 721 Insight: 22.4 The Rainbow 722 Chapter Review 723 Exercises 724 23 Mirrors and Lenses 729 23.1 Plane Mirrors 730 23.2 Spherical Mirrors 732 Insight: 23.1 It’s All Done with Mirrors 733 Learn by Drawing: A Mirror Ray Diagram (see Example 23.2) 734 23.3 Lenses 740 Learn by Drawing: A Lens Ray Diagram (see Example 23.5) 743 Insight: 23.2 Fresnel Lenses 748 23.4 The Lens Maker’s Equation 750 *23.5 Lens Aberrations 752 Chapter Review 753 Exercises 754 24 Physical Optics: The Wave Nature of Light 760 24.1 Young’s Double-Slit Experiment 761 24.2 Thin-Film Interference 764 Insight: 24.1 Nonreflecting Lenses 768 24.3 Diffraction 768 24.4 Polarization 775 Learn by Drawing: Three Polarizers (see Integrated Example 24.6.) 778 *24.5 Atmospheric Scattering of Light 782 Insight: 24.2 LCDs and Polarized Light 783 Insight: 24.3 Optical Biopsy 785 Chapter Review 785 Exercises 786 25 Vision and Optical Instruments 792 25.1 The Human Eye 793 Insight: 25.1 Cornea “Orthodontics” and Surgery 797 25.2 Microscopes 799 25.3 Telescopes 803 25.4 Diffraction and Resolution 807 Insight: 25.2 Telescopes Using Nonvisible Radiation 808 *25.5 Color 810 Chapter Review 813 Exercises 814 26 Relativity 819 26.1 Classical Relativity and the Michelson—Morley Experiment 820 26.2 The Postulates of Special Relativity and the Relativity of Simultaneity 822 26.3 The Relativity of Length and Time: Time Dilation and Length Contraction 825 26.4 Relativistic Kinetic Energy, Momentum, Total Energy, and Mass—Energy Equivalence 833 26.5 The General Theory of Relativity 837 Insight: 26.1 Relativity in Everyday Living 838 *26.6 Relativistic Velocity Addition 841 Insight: 26.2 Black Holes, Gravitational Waves, and LIGO 842 Chapter Review 844 Exercises 845 27 Quantum Physics 851 27.1 Quantization: Planck’s Hypothesis 852 27.2 Quanta of Light: Photons and the Photoelectric Effect 854 Learn by Drawing: The Photoelectric Effect and Energy Conservation 856 27.3 Quantum “Particles”: The Compton Effect 858 27.4 The Bohr Theory of the Hydrogen Atom 860 27.5 A Quantum Success: The Laser 866 Insight: 27.1 CD and DVD Systems 869 Insight: 27.2 Lasers in Modern Medicine 870 Chapter Review 871 Exercises 873 28 Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics 877 28.1 Matter Waves: The de Broglie Hypothesis 878 28.2 The Schrödinger Wave Equation 881 Insight: 28.1 The Electron Microscope 883 Insight: 28.2 The Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) 884 28.3 Atomic Quantum Numbers and the Periodic Table 885 Insight: 28.3 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 888 28.4 The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle 894 28.5 Particles and Antiparticles 896 Chapter Review 897 Exercises 898 29 The Nucleus 902 29.1 Nuclear Structure and the Nuclear Force 903 29.2 Radioactivity 906 29.3 Decay Rate and Half-Life 911 29.4 Nuclear Stability and Binding Energy 917 29.5 Radiation Detection, Dosage, and Applications 922 Insight: 29.1 Biological and Medical Applications of Radiation 927 Chapter Review 929 Exercises 930 30 Nuclear Reactions and Elementary Particles 935 30.1 Nuclear Reactions 936 30.2 Nuclear Fission 939 30.3 Nuclear Fusion 944 30.4 Beta Decay and the Neutrino 946 30.5 Fundamental Forces and Exchange Particles 948 30.6 Elementary Particles 951 30.7 The Quark Model 953 30.8 Force Unification Theories, the Standard Model, and the Early Universe 954 Chapter Review 956 Exercises 957 APPENDIX I Mathematical Review (with Examples) for College Physics A-1 APPENDIX II Kinetic Theory of Gases A-5 APPENDIX III Planetary Data A-6 APPENDIX IV Alphabetical Listing of the Chemical Elements A-7 APPENDIX V Properties of Selected Isotopes A-7 Answers to Follow-Up Exercises A-10 Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises A-18 Photo Credits P-1 Index I-1 Features What is the problem-solving process you want students to use? Wilson/Buffa/Lou lay out a six-step problem-solving procedure to serve as a model for students (p. 20). An Example emphasizing the steps, thus showing how to use the worked Examples, is given on p. 21. Examples throughout The steps include: Thinking It Through: Focuses on critical thinking and analysis, before jumping to the solution. An important part of this step is recognizing what is known and what is needed. Solution starting with Given/Find: The Solution step in each worked Example begins with a list of what has been given and what they need to find. Follow-Up Exercise: This final "step" in each worked Example provides students an opportunity to try a similar problem on their own and to check their understanding. Problem-solving strategies and hints – Helps students avoid common pitfalls and misunderstandings by providing suggestions, tips, cautions, shortcuts, and useful techniques for solving specific kinds of problems. How much emphasis do you place on sketching the situation when solving a problem? Learn by Drawing boxes (p. 116) Give students specific help on making certain types of sketches and graphs that will provide key insights into a variety of physical situations. How much emphasis do you place on biological and biomedical applications in this course? More emphasis on biomedical and biological applications — The sixth edition includes updated biological and biomedical applications including the effect of ‘g’ force on the human body, ultrasounds, medical applications of fiber optics, and osteoporosis and bone mineral density. New To This Edition More emphasis on biomedical and biological applications — Includes updated Insights such as the effect of ‘g’ force on the human body, ultrasounds in medicine density, medical applications of fiber optics, and cornea ”orthodontics” and surgery in addition to examples involving osteoporosis and bone mineral density, thermodynamics and the human body, and the physics of optical biopsies to name a few. — Shows students how physical principles discussed in the text apply to a variety of real-world situations, devices, and topics. Integration of Physlet® Physics. Wilson/Buffa/Lou is the first book to integrate Physlets into the text. Physlets are Java applets that clearly illustrate a concept through animation. Physlet® Physics is a best-selling book and CD-ROM containing over 800 Physlets in three different formats: Physlet Illustrations, Physlet Explorations, and Physlet Problems. In the Sixth Edition of College Physics, the Physlets from Physlet Physics are denoted by an icon. Provides alternate description as well as animation to further student understanding. • Conceptual and Integrated Examples and Exercises. — Designed to stimulate conceptual thinking for students, these examples and exercises highlight both the conceptual and quantitative aspects of the problem by combining physical reasoning and mathematical calculation. Allows for immediate reinforcement through follow-up exercises. • Enhanced end-of-chapter exercises—approximately 25% of the exercises have been changed from the previous edition. — Provides students with new exercises to help test their knowledge of chapter concepts. • Visual Summary for each chapter—includes visual representations of the key concepts from the chapter. — Having the description, equation, and visual for key concepts in one place will make review more efficient for students. • “Physics Facts” section at the beginning of each chapter. — Allows the material to be more relevant to the student by presenting a few interesting facts about discoveries or everyday phenomena applicable to the chapter.

Physics, Fun, and Beyond: Projects from Recycled & Low-Cost Materials - de Campos

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Physics, Fun, and Beyond: Electrifying Projects and Inventions from Recycled and Low-Cost Materials Eduardo de Campos Valadares Publisher: Prentice Hall Copyright: 2006 Format: Paper; 368 pp ISBN-10: 0131856731 ISBN-13: 9780131856738 Our Price: $16.99 Status: Instock Published: 08/02/2005 Table Of Contents Preface. Acknowledgments. About the Author. How to Get Going. FUN WITH MECHANICS. 1. The Magic Can. 2. How the Weak Become Strong (Structuring Materials). 3. Stepping on Eggs. 4. Thin and Fat Balloons. 5. Pierce Balloons without Popping Them. 6. Stretching Carrousel. 7. A Paper Saw? 8. Globe of Death. 9. Flattening the Earth at the Poles. 10. Wild Paints. 11. Astronaut in the Elevator. 12. Washing Machine: Water Extractor. 13. The Square Wheel and Others. 14. Balloon Rockets. 15. Rockets with Chemical and Air Propulsion. 16. Water Rockets. 17. Bouncing Balls. 18. Temperamental Pendulums. 19. Hypersensitive Rings. 20. Bed of Nails. 21. Bed of Rulers. 22. The Submarine. 23. Water Amplifier (Water Transistor). 24. Hydraulic Elevator. 25. Hydraulic Robots. 26. Drawbridges. 27. Circumventing Obstacles: How Air and Water Streams Find Their Way. 28. Juggling Balloons. 29. Air Streams on Top of Cars, Roofs, and Mountains. 30. Make Your Own Sprayer. 31. Wind Tunnel. 32. Unwanted Ball. 33. Outsmarting Friction (Flying Saucer). 34. Wheel That Rolls Uphill. 35. The Ballerina's Trick. 36. The Bicycle's Trick. 37. Accelerometer. 38. Raw or Hard-Boiled Egg. 39. Hand-Operated Water Pump (Archimedes' Screw). 40. Water Fountain. 41. How to Get on Top (Brazil Nut Effect). PLAYING WITH LIGHT: OPTICS. 1. Invisible Glass. 2. Decomposing Light into a Rainbow: 21st-Century Version of Newton's Classical Experiments. 3. Challenge Your Perception. 4. Moiré Patterns. 5. Lenses Made of Air and Water. 6. The Light at the End of the Tunnel. 7. The Ghost Behind the Mirror. 8. Levitation and Cubism with a Flat Mirror. 9. Magical Theater. 10. The Miracle of the Fishes: Parallel Mirrors. 11. Kaleidoscopes Festival. 12. Dark Chamber. 13. New Discoveries with Polarizers. 14. Why Is the Sky Blue? 15. Exploring the Laser Ray. 16. Tubes of Light: Fiber Optics. 17. Slow-Motion Camera. 18. Fractal Christmas. THE WORLD OF ATOMS AND OUR WORLD: COLD, HEAT, AND GIANT BUBBLES. 1. Jiggling Atoms. 2. Crushing Cans and Plastic Bottles. 3. Bending Laser Beams with Hot Air. 4. Steam Machine. 5. The Little Steamboat. 6. Burn Balloons Without Popping Them. 7. Air and Water Thermometers. 8. Full Balloon with End Open. 9. Invisible Hand. 10. Pneumatic Tire Valves. 11. Car in the Sun: Greenhouse Effect and Solar Heater. 12. Can Competition: Which Heats Up and Cools Down Faster? 13. Fog-Proof Mirrors. 14. Tying a Knot in a Stream of Water. 15. Soap Saddles? You Are Joking! 16. Racquets and Tennis Balls Made of Soap. 17. Flexible s. 18. Two-Dimensional Vortex. 19. Pass Through a Soap Film Without Popping It. 20. Non-Cutting Scissors. 21. Gigantic Soap Bubbles and Films. 22. Speeding Up Water Droplets. 23. Liquid Climbers. 24. Whirlpools (3D Vortices). 25. Outlets Clogged with Water. 26. Forcing an Egg Out of the Shell. PLAYING WITH SOUNDS: ACOUSTICS. 1. Telephone with a Wire. 2. Scratching Made Louder. 3. When Is a Pipe a Bell? 4. Tick-Tock of the Clock. 5. Wireless Telephone: Parabolic Acoustic Mirrors. 6. Focusing Sound. 7. Home-Made Variable-Pitch Whistle. 8. Sounds of Paper. 9. Secrets of the Guitar. 10. Singing Hose. 11. From Lungs to Mouth. 12. Pictures of Sounds. ELECTRIFYING EXPERIMENTS: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM. 1. Sticking Balloons on Walls: Static Electricity. 2. Making Water Detour. 3. Wireless Lamp. 4. Salt Water Turns into Gas: Electrolysis. 5. Electric Gates: Thermal Relays. 6. Electric Hoist: Electromagnets. 7. Chaotic Pendulum. 8. Painting Pictures with an Electric Hoist. 9. Electric Motor. 10. Crazy Toboggan: Electromagnetic Braking. 11. Magnetic Levitation. 12. Silent Radio. 13. Car Control Versus TV Control. Patterns for Fun with Mechanics, Experiment 13: The Square Wheel and Others. Patterns for Playing with Light: Optics, Experiment 3: Challenge Your Perception. Index. Features The profound experience of seeing,doing,and touching as a means of discovering what laws of Nature exist and how they are related. ° A unique,superbly illustrated book that teachers, students and curious people of all ages will love. ° A break from the uneventful and mechanical way physics is usually taught. ° Uses simple hands-on experiments with low-cost and recycled items found in most homes to teach physics. Appropriate Courses MP0114 Physics Laboratory/Experimentation (PH) MP0105 Liberal Arts Physics (PH)

Peer Instruction - Mazur

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Peer Instruction: A User's Manual Eric Mazur, Harvard University Publisher: Prentice Hall Copyright: 1997 Format: Paper; 253 pp ISBN-10: 0135654416 ISBN-13: 9780135654415 Our Price: $34.80 Status: Instock Published: 07/29/1996 Description Peer Instruction: A User's Manual is a step-by-step guide for instructors on how to plan and implement Peer Instruction lectures. The teaching methodology is applicable to a variety of introductory science courses (including biology and chemistry). However, the additional material—class-tested, ready-to-use resources, in print and on disk (so professors can reproduce them as handouts or transparencies)—is intended for calculus-based physics courses. Peer Instruction is an interactive teaching style that actively involves students in the learning process by focusing attention on underlying concepts through interactive “ConcepTests,” reading quizzes, and conceptual exam questions. Results, assessed through scores on the Force Concept Inventory and final exams, show that students better understand concepts and perform better on conventional problems in this environment. It can be easily adapted to fit individual lecture styles and used with any textbook. Eric Mazur's Peer Instruction approach has been successfully field-tested in a variety of settings, most of them quite different from his home campus at Harvard University (e.g., University of Massachusetts—Lowell and Appalachian State University). Table Of Contents I. OVERVIEW. 1. Introduction. 2. Peer Instruction. 3. Motivating the Students. 4. A Step-by-Step Guide to Preparing for a Peer Instruction Lecture. 5. Sample Lecture. 6. Epilogue. II. RESOURCES. 7. Force Concept Inventory. 8. Mechanics Baseline Test. 9. Questionnaire Results. 10. Reading Quizzes. 11. Concept Tests. 12. Conceptual Exam Questions. Appendix: Disk Instructions. Index. Features Contains a step-by-step guide on how to plan Peer Instruction lectures using an instructor's existing lecture materials. The complete set of class-tested and ready-to-use resources for implementing the method in a one-year introductory physics course includes: Two diagnostic tests to evaluate students' understanding of mechanics. Student questionnaire handouts to assess students' expectations for the course and to point out misconceptions. 44 Reading Quizzes, organized by subject and designed to be given at the beginning of each class to motivate the students to read assigned material before class. 243 ConcepTests, multiple-choice questions for use in lecture to engage the students and to assess their understanding. 109 Conceptual Examination Questions, organized by major topic for use on exams. Enclosed diskettes contain all of the above materials so they can be reformatted for 8 1/2 X 11 transparentcy and/or hand-out masters. To complement the material in the book, a continually updated set of additional resources is available on the world-wide web at http://galileo.harvard.edu. This server will act as an interactive forum for instructors who are implementing Peer Instruction in their courses. Instructor participation is welcomed! Author welcomes comments and suggestions via e-mail at "mazur@physics.harvard.edu". Appropriate Courses Peer Instruction: A User's Manual is a step-by-step guide for instructors on how to plan and implement Peer Instruction lectures. The teaching methodology is applicable to a variety of introductory science courses (including biology and chemistry). However, the additional material—class-tested, ready-to-use resources, in print and on disk (so professors can reproduce them as handouts or transparencies)—is intended for calculus-based physics courses.

Physlet Physics: Interactive Illustrations, Explorations and Problems for Introductory Physics - Christian

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Physlet® Physics: Interactive Illustrations, Explorations and Problems for Introductory Physics Wolfgang Christian, Davidson College Mario Belloni, Davidson College Publisher: Prentice Hall Copyright: 2004 Format: Paper; 352 pp ISBN-10: 0131019694 ISBN-13: 9780131019690 Our Price: $33.35 Status: Instock Published: 07/22/2003 Description For courses in Introductory Physics. This book and CD package furnishes students with a host of interactive, computer-based exercises and study resources that span the entire introductory physics curriculum. Using a practical yet engaging structure, Physlet® Physics presents a wide spectrum of “media-focused” critical thinking and problem-solving exercises, and provides students with an interactive visual representation of the physical phenomena they see in introductory physics textbooks. Table Of Contents 1. Introduction to Physlets. 2. One-Dimensional Kinematics. 3. Two-Dimensional Kinematics. 4. Newton's Laws. 5. Newton's Laws 2. 6. Work. 7. Energy. 8. Momentum. 9. Reference Frames. 10. Rotations About a Fixed Axis. 11. General Rotations. 12. Gravitation. 13. Statics. 14. Static Fluids. 15. Fluids in Motion. 16. Periodic Motion. 17. Waves. 18. Sound. 19. Heat and Temperature. 20. Kinetic Theory and Ideal Gas Law. 21. Engines & Entropy. 22. Electrostatics. 23. Electric Fields. 24. Gauss's Law. 25. Electric Potential. 26. Capacitance and Dielectrics. 27. Magnetic Fields and Forces. 28. Ampere's Law. 29. Faraday's Law. 30. DC Circuits. 31. AC Circuits. 32. Electromagnetic (EM) Waves. 33. Mirrors. 34. Refraction. 35. Lenses. 36. Optical Applications. 37. Interference. 38. Diffraction. 39. Polarization. Appendix: What's Behind the Curtain? Features 800 Practical Exercises—Contains over 800 Physlet-based activities and exercises that cover all areas of introductory physics. Provides students with a multifaceted study resource so they will better grasp the subject matter. 160 Illustrations—Presents detailed animations that accompany interactive essays throughout the workbook. Visually depicts the concepts for students so they can more easily interpret and retain the information. 160 Explorations—Offers interactive tutorials that focus on a particular topic. Guides students through complex concepts in an accessible manner so they can enhance their problem-solving skills. Opening chapter provides a guided tutorial through the basic functionality of Physlets. Equips both students and instructors with the necessary direction to effectively complete the exercises throughout the workbook. Online Instructor's Guide—www.prenhall.com/tiponline Available for qualified adopters. Physlets are award winning Java applets written by Wolfgang Christian—“Physlets” won the 2003 MERLOT Exemplary Online Learning Resources award and the 1998 Computers in Physics Software Competition grand prize. “Physlet® Physics” at no additional cost to adopters of Prentice Hall textbooks—Such as Fishbane, Giancoli, Walker, Wilson-Buffa. Reader Reviews "Looking for a visual, interactive, and technological way to teach about physics that will make it easier for students to understand even the most complicated concepts? Physlets is a powerful collection of Java applets that create simulations for most topics in physics. Envelope-pushing programming, giving these applets unparalleled breadth and flexibility, makes Physlets a truly unique and engaging tool." — Excerpt from the 2002 MERLOT Award for Exemplary Online Learning Resources "Physlets present virtual experiments, like shooting a ball across a room, that are very much like what you do in a physical lab. Physlets permit students to take measurements of the variables like time and distance, and see how changes in variables produce different results. They challenge students to figure out what we mean by terms like 'velocity' rather than just calculating it from a formula. As students succeed with the exercises, they internalize the concepts much more deeply." — Patricia E. Allen, Appalachian State University "Physlets can be used to support almost the entire undergraduate physics curriculum, as well as many graduate topics. Their flexibility is one of their most important and unique strengths." — Bruce Mason, University of Oklahoma, Editor of MERLOT/Physics, and Director of the Physical Sciences Resource Center "Physlets represent an additional tool available for training students in using the scientific method through quantitative reasoning, analytical thinking, problem solving, and arguing from evidence. They emphasize the imparting of skills aver the delivery of knowledge. They are definitely at the appropriate level for both our algebra and calculus-based courses. I believe Physlets have the potential to become a most helpful tool in the coming years." — Cornelius Bennhold, George Washington University "I think that Physlet Physics will have broad applicability at many levels of introductory courses and across many textbooks. I predict it will be a 'hit'!" — Steve Mellema, Gustavus Adolphus College "Physlet Physics and the accompanying CD-ROM provide an extremely effective vehicle to deliver Physlet 'virtual laboratories' in both hard-copy and relatively trouble-free 'media' modes thus eliminating some of the difficulties using entirely 'wired' (web) deliveries. This makes it easier for professors and students to let Physlets do what they do best-aid in solidification of the qualitative and quantitative conceptual relationships that the known physical laws and mathematics have with the inner workings of the universe we live in arid explore." — Edward F. Deveney, Bridgewater State College Instructor Supplements Instructor's Guide Christian, Belloni & Cox © 2004 | Prentice Hall | On-line Supplement | Instock ISBN-10: 0131991027 | ISBN-13: 9780131991026

Physlets: Teaching Physics with Interactive Curricular Material - Christian

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Physlets: Teaching Physics with Interactive Curricular Material Wolfgang Christian, Davidson College Mario Belloni, Davidson College Publisher: Prentice Hall Copyright: 2001 Format: Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 304 pp ISBN-10: 0130293415 ISBN-13: 9780130293411 Our Price: $34.80 Status: Instock Published: 09/26/2000 Description An instructor's supplement for Physics courses. This manual/CD package shows physics instructors—both web novices and Java savvy programmers alike—how to author their own interactive curricular material using Physlets. Java physlets are applets written for physics pedagogy that can be embedded directly into html documents and that can interact with the user. This guide demonstrates the use of Physlets in conjunction with JavaScript to deliver a wide variety of web-based interactive physics activities, and provides examples of Physlets created for classroom demonstrations, traditional and Just-in-Time Teaching homework problems, pre- and post-laboratory exercises, and Interactive Engagement activities. More than just a technical how-to book, the manual gives instructors some ideas about the new possibilities that Physlets offer, and is designed to make the transition to using Physlets quick and easy. Table Of Contents Foreword. I. PEDAGOGY AND TECHNOLOGY. 1. Pedagogy and Physlets. What Is a Physlet? A New Teaching Paradigm. Interactive Engagement. Media Focused Problems. Appropriate Technology. Video, Interactive Physics, and Physlets. 2. JITT and Physlets. What Is JITT? WarmUps and Puzzles. Puzzles. Physlet-Based WarmUp Questions: A Look at What They Offer. JITT in Review. 3. PER and Physlets. Effectiveness of Animation. Comparison of Students' Problem Solving. Think-Aloud Interviews of Students Solving Physlet Problems. Physlet-Based FCI. Conclusions from PER. 4. A Tour of Physlets. Examples. Installing Physlets. 5. Technology Overview. A History of Java. Java Language. Class Files. Embedding. Parameter Tags and User Interfaces. Scripting Overview. 6. Scripting Tutorial. Authoring Tools. Animator. Efield. Datagraph. Data Connections. Scripting Tips. II. CURRICULAR MATERIAL. 7. In-class Activities. Mechanics. Electromagnetism. Advanced. 8. Mechanics, Waves, and Thermodynamics Problems. Kinematics. Newton's Laws. Work and Energy. Gravity. Momentum. Rotational Dynamics. Simple Harmonic Motion. Statics. Waves. Sound. Fluids. Thermodynamics. 9. Electromagnetism and Optics Problems. Electrostatics. Gauss's Law. Electric Potentials. Capacitors. Circuits. Magnetic Fields. Faraday's Law. Electromagnetic Waves. Optics. 10. Modern Physics Problems. Special Relativity. Hydrogenic Wavefunctions. Square Wells and the Schrödinger Equation. III. REFERENCE. 11. Resources. Available Physlets. JavaDoc Output. 12. Inherited Methods. Clock Methods. Data Connections. Miscellaneous Methods. 13. Naming Conventions. Common Methods. AddObject Method. 14. Animator. Embedding. Data Sources. Methods. 15. Efield. Embedding. Data Sources. Methods. 16. Datagraph. Embedding. Data Sources and Listeners. Methods. 17. Datatable. Embedding. Data Sources and Listeners. Methods. 18. Version Four Physlets. Bar. Bfield. Circuits. Eigenvalues and QM Wavefunctions. Faraday. Hydrogenic. Molecular. Optics. Poisson. Surface Plotter. Bibliography. Appendix A: Glossary of HTML and Java Terminology. Appendix B: Copyright and Conditions of Use. Index. Features An overview of the pedagogy and the technology ( Part I )—Explains the new pedagogy/technology and its place in the teaching of physics today; shows how to install Physlets locally on a desktop PC or web server; discusses the core technology of Java and JavaScript; and features a tutorial on how to script three of the most used Physlets, Animator, Efield and DataGraph. Examples of curricular material ( Part II )—Useful for in-class exercises and homework problems in introductory and advanced physics courses. Includes 100 in-text examples and an additional 80 problems available on individual html pages on the accompanying CD. The Additional Resources portion of the CD contains even more examples of curricular material from other institutions. Additional Resources ( Part III )—Includes a detailed description of the methods for version 4 Physlets: Animator, Bar, BField, Circuits, DataGraph, DataTable, Efield, EnergyEigenvalue, Faraday, Hydrogenic, Molecular, Optics, Poisson, and SurfacePlotter. Provides information for instructors who are interested in modifying preexisting Physlet problems (from the text or CD) for use in a new context or scripting beyond the tutorial in Part I. Ex.___ Companion Websites—Many of the Physlet Problems provided in Part II are included on Prentice Hall's Companion Website for Douglas Giancoli's two physics texts, Physics: Principles and Applications 5/e and Physics for Scientists and Engineers 3/e. The site is located at http://www.prenhall.com/giancoli. These resources are also available on Prentice Hall's Companion Websites for College Physics 4/e by Jerry Wilson and Tony Buffa. At http://www.prenhall.com/wilson. Also available with Walker, Physics CW at www.prenhall.com/walkerphysics. Reader Reviews "You hold in your hand more than just another book about computational physics. Physlets are a tool enviornment—a method that will allow you to integrate the computer into your classroom in a way that is easy and powerful for both you and your students. Even better, it's a tool that can help us together build a community of physics instructors using computer tools and working together to improve physics teaching throughout the world."—From the foreword by Joe Redish, University of Maryland "The first problem I wrote for the Superposition Physlet was one on traveling waves. As I watch individual students interact with the animation, I was able to pinpoint where they were having difficulty in understanding the conditions for standing wave formation. In 23 years of teaching, this is the best tool I've found to help students comprehend wave superposition."—Loren Winters, NC School of Science and Math "I have found that the Physlet problems are a great tool to help students to understand the physics concepts. The Physlet problems help to develop student's ability to visualize concepts."—Mark Hardies, St. Petersburg Junior College "The physics community should tank the authors for developing the concept of scriptable Java applets that can be easily integrated into our courses. Their approach is very promising and this book will make it easier for us to use this approach in our curriculum development work."—Harvey Gould, Clark University and Jan Tobochnick, Kalamazoo College "Physlet-based problems are an invaluable tool in challenging students to learn how to solve physics problems and in helping them develop problem-solving strategies. Physlets force students to move beyond their initial novice approach of "plug and chug" as they must decide what "data" they need from the Physlet to work a problem."—Anne Cox, Eckerd College "We have found Physlets to be an excellent way to deliver pre-lab information and quizzes in our introductory physics courses. The students are presented with virtual equipment and experiences similar to those they will have in the laboratory. They are asked to make measurements and perform calculations exactly like those that will eventually be required in the laboratory. Physlets have become an important tool at Gustavus to ensure that students arrive prepared to get the maximum benefit from their two-hour physics labs, allowing them plenty of time for analysis and discussion of their results."—Chuck Niederriter, Gustavus Adolphus College "Although there isn't a single pedagogic magic bullet toe motivate and excite all physics students, the interactive and web-based Physlets bullet will certainly capture the imaginations of a great deal of today's students who have grown up on and thrive on multimedia exploration. It is a laboratory the students will visit again and again."—Edward Deveney, Bridgewater State College "Physlets are an amazing tool for learning physics concepts. They're fun, they're free, but even better than that, they enable students to learn ideas quickly. The visual impact allows a quick, intuitive grasp of physics, enabling students to have a better feel for the theories. The associated numerical data invites quantitative analysis. It is active, involved investigation at its best."—Bill Junkin, Erskin College

Tutorials In Introductory Physics - McDermott

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Tutorials In Introductory Physics and Homework Package Lillian C. McDermott, Physics Education Group, University of Washington Peter S. Shaffer, University of Washington Physics Education Group , all of the University of Washington Publisher: Prentice Hall Copyright: 2002 Format: Paper Package; 445 pp ISBN-10: 0130970697 ISBN-13: 9780130970695 Our Price: $32.40 Status: Instock Published: 08/20/2001 Description For use as a supplemental text for conceptual recitation/tutorial sections of introductory undergraduate physics courses. This landmark book presents a series of physics tutorials designed by a leading physics education research group. Emphasizing the development of concepts and scientific reasoning skills, the tutorials focus on the specific conceptual and reasoning difficulties that students tend to encounter. The tutorials cover a range of topics in Mechanics, E & M, and Waves & Optics. Table Of Contents I. MECHANICS. Kinematics. Velocity. Representations of Motion. Acceleration in One Dimension. Motion in Two Dimensions. Relative Motion. Newton's Law. Forces. Newton's Second and Third Laws. Tension. Energy and Momentum. Work and the Work-Energy Theorem. Changes in Energy and Momentum. Conservation of Momentum in One Dimension. Conservation of Momentum in Two Dimensions. Rotation. Rotational Motion. Dynamics of Rigid Bodies. Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies. II. ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM. Electrostatics. Charge. Electric Field and Flux. Gauss' Law. Electric Potential Difference. Capacitance. Electric Circuits. A Model for Circuits Part 1: Current and Resistance. A Model for Circuits Part 2: Potential Difference. RC Circuits. Magnetism. Magnets and Magnetic Fields. Magnetic Interactions. Electromagnetism. Lenz' Law. Faraday's Law and Applications. III. WAVES. Waves. Superposition and Reflection of Pulses. Reflection and Transmission. Propagation and Refraction of Periodic Waves. Electromagnetic Waves. IV. OPTICS. Geometrical Optics. Light and Shadow. Plane Mirrors. Curved Mirrors and Multiple Reflections. Interpretation of Ray Diagrams. Convex Lenses. Magnification. Physical Optics. Two-Source Interference. Wave Properties of Light. Multiple-Slit Interference. A Model for Single-Slit Diffraction. Combined Interference and Diffraction. Thin-Filmed Interference. Polarization. V. SELECTED TOPICS. Hydrostatics. Pressure in a Liquid. Buoyancy. Thermodynamics. Ideal Gas Law. First Law of Thermodynamics. Modern Physics. Wave Properties of Matter. Photoelectric Effect. Features Specifically address important concepts that are difficult for most students—These have been identified through two decades of research and teaching experience. Tutorials have been extensively tested with students—They are continually modified based on the results of post-tests of student learning. Standard instruction supplement—Without requiring major changes to the course structure. The tutorial can be used with any of the major introductory physics texts. Collaborative learning—Intended to be used in a small-group environment of three to four students. Each topic includes a sequence of worksheets and assignments: Pretests—Short, free-response qualitative questions that test understanding of basic physics concepts. These are usually administered after material has been covered in lecture and prior to the tutorial. Tutorial worksheets—Consist of carefully designed questions that address the specific areas identified as difficult and guide students through the reasoning needed to develop a sound qualitative understanding of important concepts. Tutorial homework—Reinforces and extends what has been learned in the tutorial. Examinations—Sample exam questions are provided in the instructor's guide. Packaged components: the Tutorials & the Homework Manual—NOT bound together so that students don't have to carry both. However, they are only available for sale shrinkwrapped together. Instructor Supplements Instructor's Guide McDermott © 2002 | Prentice Hall | Paper;304 pages | Instock ISBN-10: 0130662445 | ISBN-13: 9780130662446