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I spend 30% of my curriculum time teaching and reteaching algebra tonetworks,
juniors and seniors anyway.
Why not subdivide the curriculum and hand over the topics in
physics most suitable for teaching algebra thus
providing more time for physics teachers to cover the topics we
never get to cover - in the depth we only dream of.
Examples of Topics I would like to see covered in math:
kinematics and graphing, scaling, projectiles, vectors (math curr.
is supposed to do this , but either skips it or massacres it),
dimensional analysis, unit analysis, momentum (linear), resistor
geometric optics, springs and basic SHM...
This would also allow math teachers to take over some labs so that
they can have the hands on activities they have been told they need.
A true and useful version of 'physics first' packaged as
'experiential ?algebra' or 'physical algebra' could result.
Scott