[Phys-L] Re: A Third law question

[larry.smith at SNOW.EDU (Larry Smith)]

At 8:00 AM -0500 10/12/05, Rick Tarara wrote:
> Thanks to all for your suggestions.  Many of these were part of the 30
> minute dialog with the student, but there are (for me) some new ideas here
> as well.  I intend to pursue the deformation tact some more--by going
> through a series of 'platforms' that will first clearly show deformation
> when 'asked' to support a weight, then working up to where the deformation
> is less visible, until it becomes invisible.

This is the tack Randy Knight takes in his textbook.  See pages 101-102.

Larry