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After following this thread for several days now let me jump in on
something
that I can finally agree with.
This will be my 29th year teaching physics to high school students. I
have
followed the rather traditional approach starting with velocity,
acceleration and then forces. Energy comes later in the course. This
approach has worked well but not having tried a different order I couldn't
argue for any strong point of view.
What I do feel strongly about is the point that Mike Edmiston makes and I
will second. For 99% of my students knowledge of physics is less
important
than what they can apply that knowlege to in furture courses and more
importantly their life.
Alan Levin
Columbia High School
Maplewood, NJ