Chronology | Current Month | Current Thread | Current Date |
[Year List] [Month List (current year)] | [Date Index] [Thread Index] | [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] | [Date Prev] [Date Next] |
On 09/30/2006 05:44 PM, Bob LaMontagne wrote:
Potential energies, on the other hand, are way of easily calculating how a
conservative force will change a KE if an object changes position. That is
difficult, if not impossible, for a student to associate with a concrete
image.
A) In the classroom:
Book on high shelf = high potential energy.
Book on lower shelf = lower potential energy.
B) Student pilots have an _easier_ time estimating their height (PE)
than their airspeed (KE).
_______________________________________________
Forum for Physics Educators
Phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
https://carnot.physics.buffalo.edu/mailman/listinfo/phys-l