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an intro physics text designed for life-science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or healthcare careers
Biochemistry, Mechanics of Biomaterials, Fluid Transport, Material Flow, Cardiovascular System, Neurophysiology, Healthy Respiratory Function, Cellular Structure, Emergent Phenomena, Bioenergetics
Fluid Mechanics, Motion in Two Dimensions, Electrostatics, Electric Fields and Potential, Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits, Geometrical Optics, Diffraction, Interference, Oscillations, Wave Motion, Thermal Properties of Matter, First Law, Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials, Synthesis and Analysis of Color, Photons, Lasers, Random Walks
Edward Redish
Ginny Redish
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an intro physics text designed for life-science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or healthcare careers
Cellular Structure, Mechanics of Biomaterials, Material Flow, Cardiovascular System, Healthy Respiratory Function, Fluid Transport, Biochemistry, Neurophysiology
Fluid Mechanics, Motion in Two Dimensions, Electrostatics, Thermal Properties of Matter
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an intro physics text designed for life science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or healthcare careers
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the introductory chapter for a physics text designed for life science students focusing on the skills they need to develop
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chapter 2 of an intro physics text designed for life science students focusing on the tools for using math in physics
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chapter 3 of an intro physics text designed for life-science students focusing on the basics ideas of kinematics
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Position & Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, Position & Displacement, 2D Velocity, 2D Acceleration
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chapter 4 of an intro physics text designed for life-science students introducing Newton's laws of motion
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Newton's First Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's Third Law, Applications of Newton's Laws
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chapter 5 of an intro physics text designed for life-science students introducing models of various forces for use in Newton's laws
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Gravity, Friction, Viscosity, Charge, Coulomb's Law
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chapter 6 of an intro physics text for life-science students defining momentum and contrasting it with random models of motion and diffusion
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Force & Acceleration, Kinetic Theory, Mean Free Path, Mean Collision Time, Diffusion
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chapter 7 of an intro physics text for life-science students discussing states of matter and the response of solids to various forces
Musculoskeletal Injury/Disorders, Cellular Structure, Mechanics of Biomaterials
Statics of Rigid Bodies
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chapter 8 of an intro physics text for life-science students on the properties of fluids including viscous fluid flow
Material Flow, Cardiovascular System, Healthy Respiratory Function, Fluid Transport
Surface Tension, Statics of Fluids, Flow Rate, Hagen-Poiseuille Equation, Viscosity, Equation of Continuity
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chapter 9 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the quantification of the concept of energy, kinetic and potential
Biochemistry, Neurophysiology
Work, Non-Conservative Forces, Conservation of Energy, Conservative Fields
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chapter 10 of an intro physics text for life-science students discussing chemical energetics from a physics point of view with simple models
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Medical Physics, Conservation of Energy, Spectra
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chapter 11 of an intro physics text for life-science students discussing macroscopic thermodynamics - heat and temperature
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Thermal Properties of Matter
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an intro physics text designed for life-science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or healthcare careers
Emergent Phenomena, Bioenergetics, Cellular Structure
Electric Fields and Potential, Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits, Geometrical Optics, Diffraction, Interference, Oscillations, Wave Motion, First Law, Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials, Synthesis and Analysis of Color, Photons, Lasers, Random Walks
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an intro physics text designed for life science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or health-care careers
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chapter 12 of an intro physics text for life-science students discussing thermodynamics from the point of view of statistical mechanics
Matter/energy Transfer & Transforms, Bioenergetics, Cellular Dynamics
First Law, Probability, Kinetic Theory, Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials, Random Walks, Microstate, Macrostate, Boltzmann Distribution, Equipartition Theorem, Ideal Gas
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chapter 13 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the basic concepts of electric field and potential
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neurophysiology
Electric Field, Electrostatic Potential and Potential Energy, Dielectric
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chapter 14 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the basic concepts of electric currents
Neurophysiology
Resistance, Ohm's Law, Power and Energy, Circuit Analysis, Currents
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chapter 15 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the basic concepts of oscillations
Locomotion and Gait, Healthy Hearing
Pendula, Springs and Oscillators, Hooke's Law, Simple Harmonic Motion, Damped Oscillators, Driven Mechanical Resonance
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chapter 16 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the basic concepts and mathematics of wave motion in 1D
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chapter 17 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing three models of light and describing the ray model in detail
Vision, Optometry
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chapter 18 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the wave model of light and including diffraction from 2 slits
Molecular Imaging, DNA and RNA, Cellular Structure
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chapter 19 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the photon model of light and including many useful applications
Biomedical Imaging, Surgery
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A set of short-answer clicker questions for use in the 1st half of an algebra-based IPLS class.
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Motion in One Dimension, Motion in Two Dimensions, Newton's First Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's Third Law, Applications of Newton's Laws, Gravity, Work and Energy, Linear Momentum, Surface Tension, Thermal Properties of Matter, First Law, Archimedes' Principle, Static Pressure, Measuring Pressure, Density and Buoyancy, Flow Rate, Bernoulli's Principle, Hagen-Poiseuille Equation, Viscosity, Charge, Coulomb's Law, Induced Charge, Equation of Continuity
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A set of short-answer clicker questions for use in the 2nd half of an algebra-based IPLS class
Optical Imaging, Temperature Diagnostics, Vision, Hearing, Healthy Neural Function
Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits, Geometrical Optics, Diffraction, Color, First Law, Kinetic Theory, Diffusion, Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials, Electric Field, Electrostatic Potential and Potential Energy, Interference From Two Sources, Photons
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A free set of readings for a one year IPLS course. Available as a free website.
Cross-cutting Biological Concepts
Motion in One Dimension, Motion in Two Dimensions, Newton's First Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's Third Law, Applications of Newton's Laws, Work and Energy, Linear Momentum, Electrostatics, Electric Fields and Potential, Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits, Surface Tension, Statics of Fluids, Geometrical Optics, Interference, Oscillations, Wave Motion, Second and Third Law, Probability, Ensembles, Diffusion
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A set of short papers discussing various strategies to help students learn to use math in physics. Sample teaching materials included.
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Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Oscillations & Waves, Thermo & Stat Mech, Electricity & Magnetism, Optics, Modern Physics
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Provides the basic physics of the critical biological phenomenon of diffusion and random motion.
Medical Applications, Physical Mechanisms, Cellular Structure, Cross-membrane Transport, Cellular Dynamics
Statistical Physics, Diffusion, Brownian Motion
Edward Redish
Kimberly Moore
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Provides the basic physics underlying the critical biological phenomenon of diffusion.
Medical Applications, Physical Mechanisms, Cellular Structure, Cross-membrane Transport, Cellular Dynamics
Statistical Physics, Diffusion, Brownian Motion
Edward Redish
Kimberly Moore
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Provides the basic physics underlying the critical biological phenomenon of diffusion.
Medical Applications, Physical Mechanisms, Cellular Structure, Cross-membrane Transport, Cellular Dynamics
Statistical Physics, Diffusion, Brownian Motion
Edward Redish
Kimberly Moore
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Provides the basic physics underlying the critical biological phenomenon of diffusion.
Medical Applications, Physical Mechanisms, Cellular Structure, Cross-membrane Transport, Cellular Dynamics
Statistical Physics, Diffusion, Brownian Motion
Edward Redish
Kimberly Moore
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Students work on how the physics of diffusion plays out in biologically meaningful circumstances.
Medical Applications, Physical Mechanisms, Cellular Structure, Cross-membrane Transport, Cellular Dynamics
Statistical Physics, Diffusion, Brownian Motion
Edward Redish
Kimberly Moore
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Two small group activities on the topic of diffusion and random walk.
Medical Applications, Physical Mechanisms, Cellular Structure, Cross-membrane Transport, Cellular Dynamics
Statistical Physics, Diffusion, Brownian Motion
Edward Redish
Kimberly Moore
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These labs yield a complete exploration of motion in resistive media from directed to random.
Medical Applications, Physical Mechanisms, Cellular Structure, Cross-membrane Transport, Cellular Dynamics
Statistical Physics, Diffusion, Brownian Motion
Edward Redish
Kimberly Moore
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Instructions for using ImageJ, a video capture program.
Medical Applications, Physical Mechanisms, Cellular Structure, Cross-membrane Transport, Cellular Dynamics
Statistical Physics, Diffusion, Brownian Motion
Edward Redish
Kimberly Moore
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Instructions for use of a sample microscope that can be used for these labs.
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Geometrical Optics
Edward Redish
Kimberly Moore
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An introduction to dimensional analysis with readings, problems, and examples throughout the curriculum. Problems available in Expert TA.
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Oscillations & Waves, Thermo & Stat Mech, Electricity & Magnetism
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
A short paper for instructors, introducing the concept of dimensional analysis, and its value to students.
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Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Reading for students providing an introduction to dimensional analysis in the open source NEXUS/Physics wiki textbook.
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Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Oscillations & Waves, Thermo & Stat Mech, Electricity & Magnetism
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Lecture slides and clicker questions for introducing dimensional analysis in class.
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Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Two extended groupwork activities that can help students get a handle on dimensional analysis.
Human and Animal Physiology, Medical Applications, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Hagen-Poiseuille Equation, Conductors and Insulators
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
An extended groupwork activity on the HP equation that can help students get a handle on dimensional analysis.
Human and Animal Physiology, Medical Applications
Hagen-Poiseuille Equation
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
An extended groupwork activity on the HP equation that can help students get a handle on dimensional analysis. Includes a little calculus.
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Conductors and Insulators
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Homework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum
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Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Oscillations & Waves, Thermo & Stat Mech, Electricity & Magnetism
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Homework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum. These problems focus on interesting topics with units.
Pressure & Fluid Diagnostics
Fluid Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Homework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum
Fluid Transport, Other Body Fluids
Stresses, Capillary Action, Hagen-Poiseuille Equation, Transverse Pulses and Waves, Coulomb's Law
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Essay questions about the use of dimensional analysis in general.
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Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Homework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum
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Classical Mechanics, Oscillations & Waves, Thermo & Stat Mech, Electricity & Magnetism
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Homework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum sorted by physics topics
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Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Oscillations & Waves, Thermo & Stat Mech, Electricity & Magnetism
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Homework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum sorted by physics topics: one problem on kinematics
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Classical Mechanics
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Homework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum sorted by physics topics: 2 problems in Newtonian dynamics
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Classical Mechanics
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Homework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum: 3 problems in electric forces
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Electricity & Magnetism
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Homework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum: 3 problems focusing on properties of solids
Material Flow, Musculoskeletal
Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Homework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum sorted by physics topics: 6 problems on fluid statics and dynamics
Material Flow, Musculoskeletal
Fluid Mechanics
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Homework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum sorted by physics topics: 3 DA problems on diffusion
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Diffusion
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Homework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum sorted by physics topics: 3 problems on electric fields and currents
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Electricity & Magnetism
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Homework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum: 2 problems on the simple oscillator
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Oscillations & Waves
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Homework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum sorted by physics topics: 1 problem on waves
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Oscillations & Waves
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
Homework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum sorted by physics topics: 1 problem on light moving through a medium
Vision
Color
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
A set of problems appropriate for quiz, exam, or HW asking students to evaluate possible equations on dimensions and physical plausibility.
Surface Area/volume, Material Flow, Animal Cardiovascular
Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, Diffusion
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
NEXUS Physics is an IPLS class designed for bio majors. This is a sample implementation.
Medical Applications
Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Thermo & Stat Mech, Electrostatics
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
NEXUS Physics is an IPLS class designed for bio majors. This is a sample implementation.
Medical Applications
Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Thermo & Stat Mech, Electrostatics
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
NEXUS Physics is an IPLS class designed for bio majors. This is a sample implementation.
Medical Applications
Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Thermo & Stat Mech, Electrostatics
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
NEXUS Physics is an IPLS class designed for bio majors. This is a sample implementation.
Medical Applications
Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Thermo & Stat Mech, Electrostatics
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of problems to help students learn to think about mechanism and create a coherent story as part of solving a complex problem
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cardiovascular System, Neurophysiology
Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Oscillations & Waves, Thermo & Stat Mech, Optics, Electric Fields and Potential, DC Circuits
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
teacher's introduction to the module on learning to tell the story as a part of complex problem solving
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Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
3 short readings for students on the value of telling the story and understanding the mechanism of what's happening in a physics problem
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Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 242 problems to help students learn to think about mechanism and create a coherent story as part of solving a complex problem
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cardiovascular System, Neurophysiology
Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Oscillations & Waves, Thermo & Stat Mech, Electricity & Magnetism, Optics
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 5 problems to help students learn to think about mechanism and create a coherent story as part of solving a complex problem
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cardiovascular System
Motion in One Dimension
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 15 problems on kinematics to help students learn to create a coherent story as part of solving a complex problem
Animal Biomechanics
Motion in One Dimension
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 16 problems to help students learn to think about mechanism and create a coherent story in the context of Newton's laws
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Human and Animal Physiology
Motion in One Dimension, Motion in Two Dimensions, Newton's First Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's Third Law, Applications of Newton's Laws, Gravity
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 11 problems to help students learn to create a coherent story in the context of Newton's laws and specific forces
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Locomotion and Gait, Human and Animal Physiology
Motion in One Dimension, Motion in Two Dimensions, Newton's First Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's Third Law, Applications of Newton's Laws, Gravity
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 20 problems to help students learn to think about mechanism and create a coherent story in the context of linear and random motion
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cellular Interactions
Motion in One Dimension, Motion in Two Dimensions, Newton's First Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's Third Law, Applications of Newton's Laws, Gravity, Work and Energy, Linear Momentum, Kinetic and Diffusive Processes
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 10 problems to help students learn to create a coherent story as part of solving a complex problem in the context of fluid flow
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cardiovascular System
Applications of Newton's Laws, Surface Tension, Statics of Fluids, Dynamics of Fluids
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 5 problems to help students learn to create a coherent story as part of solving a complex problem about heat and temperature
Matter/energy Transfer & Transforms
Thermo & Stat Mech, Work and Energy
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 21 problems to help students learn create a coherent story as part of solving a complex problem about mechanical energy
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Motion in One Dimension, Motion in Two Dimensions, Newton's First Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's Third Law, Applications of Newton's Laws, Gravity, Work and Energy
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 14 problems to help students learn to think about mechanism and create a coherent story in the context of chemical energetics
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Motion in One Dimension, Work and Energy, Conservation of Energy
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 19 problems to help students learn to create a coherent story in problem solving in the context of thermo and stat mech
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Evolution
Motion in One Dimension, Motion in Two Dimensions, Work and Energy, First Law, Kinetic and Diffusive Processes
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 29 problems to help students learn to create a coherent story as part of problem solving on the topic of electricity
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neurophysiology
Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 12 problems to help students learn to create a coherent story as part of solving a complex problem involving oscillations
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Motion in One Dimension, Motion in Two Dimensions, Newton's First Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's Third Law, Applications of Newton's Laws, Gravity, Work and Energy, Oscillations
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 27 problems to help students learn to create a coherent story as part of solving a complex problem about wave motion
Neurophysiology, Pressure & Fluid Diagnostics
Classical Mechanics, Transverse Pulses and Waves, Standing Waves, Compound Waves, Wave Properties of Sound
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 39 problems to help students learn to create a coherent story as part of solving a problem using the various models of light
Optical Imaging, Molecular Imaging
Geometrical Optics, Diffraction, Photons
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 24 problems to help students learn to create a coherent story as part of solving a problem using the ray model of light
Optical Imaging
Geometrical Optics
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 7 problems to help students learn to create a coherent story about interference and the wave model of light
Molecular Imaging
Diffraction
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 8 problems to help students learn to create a coherent story as part of solving a problem using the photon model of light
Light Therapy, Radiographic Imaging
Photons
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
a set of 48 exam problems that require students to think about mechanism and create a coherent story as part of solving a complex problem
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cardiovascular System, Neurophysiology, Respiratory System, Cellular Interactions
Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Oscillations & Waves, Thermo & Stat Mech, Optics, Electric Fields and Potential, DC Circuits
Edward Redish
NEXUS Physics
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