This pains me to ask, but do any of you incorporate the use of graphing calculators into your intro physics class?
Our department has 10 or so TI-92 and I was thinking that if I had the students graph for themselves position, velocity, and acceleration it may make more sense to them. Also they would have a graph that they would need to interest.
Does this seems like a good idea? Obviously the implementation will determine if it is really useful but I thought it might be something to try.
Thoughts on how to go about this?
Thanks
Tina
Tina Fanetti
Physics Instructor
Western Iowa Technical Community College
4647 Stone Ave
Sioux City IA 51102
712-274-8733 ext 1429