Physics Is Phun with MacBooks! Cathy Martinez Bolton High School Alexandria, LA martinezc@rapides.k12.la.us.

Physics Is Phunwith MacBooks!

Cathy MartinezBolton High School

Alexandria, LAmartinezc@rapides.k12.la.us

Welcometo Our Digital Academy!

What Can MacBooks Do for Your Physics Classes? Collect, Display, Analyze, & Share Data Ready Access to Tutorials & Enrichment Electronic Submission & Grading of

Certain Assignments Internet Access to Authentic Science

Activities and Complex Datasets

Blackboard Lets You Manage Delivery and Assignments

TurnitinLets You Go Paperless!

Screenshot courtesy of Turnitin

FathomHelps with Graphing Data! See attached handout for directions to

graph data with Fathom 2 software.

Geometer’s SketchpadHelps with Vectors! See attached handout for directions to

create vector diagrams in Geometer’s Sketchpad

Suggested activity: have students create a vector map to a designated location in the school and create another map for returning to the classroom via a different route. If done carefully, they should observe equal but opposite resultant vectors.

Sample Vector Diagram6

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2

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-10 -5 5 10

dR = 28.9 m @ 45.99o

m∠CAB = 45.99 ° m AB = 2.89 cm

1 = 10 Let cm m

A

B

C

The Internet Is aTreasure Trove of Activities Simulations Tutorials Authentic Science

Activities Complex Data Sets Graphics and

Animations Videos

PhET Simulations--Downloadable and Free!

Gizmos--Structured Simulations and Assessments

Screenshot courtesy of ExploreLearning

Other Great Sites

Grab Their Attention with Graphics and Animation!

is great!

Here’s one from the Multimedia Physics Studios:

Links Bolton High School Digital Academy

http://www.rapides.k12.la.us/bda/ Turn It In

http://www.turnitin.com PhET Simulations

http://phet.colorado.edu/new/simulations/ Gizmos

http://www.explorelearning.com/ Toll-Free 1-866-882-4141 For sales info., email

sales@explorelearning.com

Links, cont. Amusement Park Physics

http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/ UC Berkeley Physics Demonstrations

http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/physics/ MIT OpenCourseWare

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/CourseHome/index.htm

The Physics Classroomhttp://www.physicsclassroom.com/

Multimedia Physics Studioshttp://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/mmedia/

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