Re: Physics for Ninth Graders?

[brian whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

At 06:43 9/26/01 -0400, Ed Schweber wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> /snip/
>     To me, the paradigm for ninth grade physics is someone who told me he
> teaches vector components to ninth graders by telling them to press the
> buttons labeled sine and cosine on their calculators and that they will
> learn later what these buttons mean.
>
> Ed Schweber
Ah! An engineering prep class   :-)

Hehehe...Shock, horror.
I believe there are benefits to bringing tools even in a
'black box' manner to users who would otherwise be bereft....



brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>  Altus OK
                Eureka!