Join-
Book Chapter |
This chapter from, Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion is about adding directions and vectors. Activities include Direction Matters and Vector Application.
-
Idea Bank: Vector, Vector—That’s Our Cry!
Journal Article |
There are all kinds of computer-based software programs and websites available to help students understand and manipulate vector quantities. But if you have the time and want to do something different, this Idea Bank…
-
Idea Bank: Vectors on the Basketball Court
Journal Article |
An Idea Bank published in the April/May 2009 issue of The Science Teacher describes an experiential physics lesson on vectors and vector addition (Brown 2009). Like its football predecessor, the basketball-based…
-
Focus on Physics: Sailing Into the Wind: A Vector Explanation
Journal Article |
This column helps teachers build an understanding of physical principles. In this lesson, students discover surprising facts about sailing and also the intriguing usefulness of vectors.
-
Science of NHL hockey: vectors
Blog Post |
Vectors. The key to passing a puck, throwing a football, shooting pool, coordinating fireworks, or finding buried treasure. Knowing which way to go is one thing. Knowing how fast to move is another. Put them both…
-
Online Supplementary Files 2007-2020
Page |
-
Using a Game to Teach Invasive Species Spread and Management
Journal Article |
Invasive species are a major ecological and economic problem at the global scale, and education plays a major role in raising awareness and combating these species’ future spread. There are complex management and…
-
Physics Activities With Metersticks
Journal Article |
-
Journal Article |
-
Journal Article |
Symbols are a cornerstone of the written language of physics and mathematics but inconsistencies in their use pose a challenge to students. This article reports on interviews held with first-year undergraduate physics…
-
Journal Article |
41 Results