Physics Is Phun with MacBooks! Cathy Martinez Bolton High School Alexandria, LA [email protected]. us
Dec 10, 2015
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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-10 -5 5 10
dR = 28.9 m @ 45.99o
m∠CAB = 45.99 ° m AB = 2.89 cm
1 = 10 Let cm m
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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
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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