Math and Physics Teacher partnership?

[Herbert H Gottlieb <herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM>]

Scott's idea (below) is EXCELLENT!

However, the problem still remains.  Math teachers are
generally unfamiliar with physics and there are not enough
physics teachers available. Are there any "practical"
solutions to the problem???

Herb


On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 13:12:51 -0500 Scott Goelzer <s.goelzer@COMCAST.NET>
writes:
> I spend 30% of my curriculum time teaching and reteaching algebra to
> juniors and seniors anyway.
>
> Why not subdivide the curriculum and hand over the topics in
> physics most suitable for teaching algebra thus
> providing more time for physics teachers to cover the topics we
> never get to cover - in the depth we only dream of.
>
> Examples of Topics I would like to see covered in math:
> kinematics and graphing, scaling, projectiles, vectors (math curr.
> is supposed to do this , but either skips it or massacres it),
> dimensional analysis, unit analysis, momentum (linear), resistor
networks,
> geometric optics, springs and basic SHM...
>
> This would also allow math teachers to take over some labs so that
> they can have the hands on activities they have been told they need.
>
> A true and useful version of 'physics first'  packaged as
> 'experiential ?algebra' or 'physical algebra' could result.
>
>
> Scott