1-TG: Teacher's Guide to Motion
(ISBN 0-7872-3928-3, 354 pages)
A Letter from the Authors | vii | |
Getting Started with MindsOn Physics | xi | |
Answers & Instructional Aids for Teachers | 1 | |
1 | Looking Ahead | 1 |
2 | Communicating the Position of an Object | 7 |
2A | Communicating the Position of an Object (Alternative Version) | 9 |
3 | Describing Position | 11 |
4 | Using Graphs of Position vs. Time | 17 |
5 | Generating Sketches of Position vs. Time | 23 |
6 | Translating Graphs of Position vs. Time | 29 |
7 | Describing Displacement | 33 |
8 | Describing Velocity | 39 |
9 | Using Graphs of Velocity vs. Time | 45 |
10 | Generating Sketches of Velocity vs. Time | 51 |
11 | Translating Graphs of Velocity vs. Time | 57 |
12 | Relating Strobe Diagrams to Plots of Position vs. Time and Velocity vs. Time | 63 |
13 | Finding and Comparing Velocities | 73 |
14 | Relating Graphs of Position vs. Time and Velocity vs. Time | 77 |
15 | More Relating Graphs of Position vs. Time and Velocity vs. Time | 83 |
16 | Solving Constant-Velocity Problems Using Different Methods | 87 |
17 | Solving Constant-Velocity Problems | 93 |
18 | Recognizing Accelerated Motion | 97 |
19 | Describing Changes in Velocity | 101 |
20 | Recognizing Graphs of Acceleration vs. Time | 109 |
21 | Generating Sketches of Acceleration vs. Time | 115 |
22 | Translating Graphs of Acceleration vs. Time | 121 |
23 | Calculating Average Acceleration | 127 |
24 | Relating Strobe Diagrams to Graphs of Acceleration vs. Time | 133 |
25 | Relating Graphs and Kinematic Functions | 141 |
26 | Relating Kinematic Quantities with Kinematic Functions | 149 |
27 | Relating Graphs of Position, Velocity, and Acceleration vs. Time | 157 |
28 | Comparing Graphs of Velocity vs. Time and Displacement vs. Time | 167 |
29 | Translating Between Different Representations of Accelerated Motion | 173 |
30 | Graphical Representations of Motion: Reflection and Integration | 183 |
31 | Evaluating Procedures for Solving Kinematics Problems | 187 |
32 | Executing Procedures for Solving Kinematics Problems | 191 |
33 | Generating Procedures for Solving Kinematics Problems | 195 |
34 | Solving Constant-Acceleration Problems | 199 |
35 | Summarizing and Structuring Kinematics Ideas | 205 |
Supplement A. Collaborative Group Techniques | A1-A4 | |
Supplement B. Concept-Based Problem Solving: Combining educational research results and practical experience to create a framework for learning physics and to derive effective classroom practices | B1-B26 | |
Supplement C. A Comparison of the MindsOn Physics Approach with the NRC's National Science Education Standards | C1-C10 | |
Answer Sheets | end |
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