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Re: Mechanical Universe



Hi all-
These are non-trivial changes. The college version has a great
deal of extraneous stuff (people in old costumes walking around looking
thoughtful) that bored my students silly. The high school version cuts to
the quick.
Also, the material that comes with the high school version is
invaluable. There is a questionnaire for each video that the students
fill out as they watch; you can tell they're paying attention when they
ask you to stop or rerun portions that they think are relevant to the
questions. I gave a very small credit for each questionnaire answer done
correctly.
Regards,
Jack



On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, B. Esser wrote:

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Tim O'Donnell wrote:

What is the big difference between the high school
edition and the original "college" version?
The high school edition removes most of the calculus. There are 28
"modules" which include the video (each is about 17 minutes long... an
edited version of the original), a teachers guide and a student guide.

The original series can also be acquired from PBS (www.pbs.org go to
store, science/tech, physics)




Bruce Esser
Physics Teacher Something witty
Marian High School Should go here
http://marian.creighton.edu


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worse.)"
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