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Re: Weight and Mass



Get hold of Preconceptions in Mechanics by Camp and Clement
(Kendall-Hunt) and see the sort of problems that are left after you tell
them. Generally telling them does little to change their thinking...you
need to find some sort of active engagement.

cheers,

joe

On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Tina
Fanetti wrote:

Funny,
That is what I told them..they didn't get it

weight =3D the gravitational force on an object due to Earth

mass =3D the quantity of material present in a sample; fundamentally =
related to the number of atoms in the sample
<<

Cheers,
Joe

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