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Re: Is it necessary or helpful to teach work (W) in introductory HS physics? (long)



At 9:26 AM -0700 6/28/02, Sean McKeever wrote:

I would say it is much more important to teach energy
storage and transfer rather than making work the crux
of your energy instruction. Work or more appropriately
working is the process of transferring energy into or
out of a system. This concept is based on the first
law of thermo and can be grasped by high school
students.

The anti-energy-reification police will be knocking on your door shortly.

Larry