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Sure- thanks for the sarcasm. I'm looking for ways to get students to
work with Kepler's Laws and F= G (m1m2/d^2) in a lab setting. This is
for a high school class.
Mike Van Antwerp
Biology W202
mvanantw@hpsk12.net
On 10/31/2006 09:23 AM, Mike VanAntwerp wrote:jsd@av8n.com 10/31 10:25 AM >>>
Does anyone have any lab activities or advice on teaching a unit on
this? I'd appreciate any help with this.
Can you ask a more specific question? There are probably hundreds
if not thousands of possible lessons in this general area. Just to
scratch the surface:
-- Dropping things.
-- Rolling things on inclined planes, à la Galileo.
-- Pine car derby.
-- Pendulums.
-- Interrupted pendulums, à la Galileo.
-- Putting an accelerometer in a nearby elevator.
-- A field trip to the nearest pre-school playground merry-go-round
http://trouble.philadelphiaweekly.com/archives/MERRY-GO-%20ROUND.jpg
-- Centrifuges.
-- Centrifuges where the string is cut loose at the 12:00 position so
that the subsequent motion of the now-free particle can be observed.
Hint: the string can be cut by a torch, or released by a photogate
plus electromagnet. The idea is you want to make sure the cutting
process doesn't disturb the motion.
-- et cetera...................
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