Living Physics Portal: Telling the story

Abstract: To develop complex problem solving skills, students need to learn to develop a coherent story about what the situation in the problem is, what the mechanism is, and what physics principles are appropriate to apply. This part of the module contains 27 problems about wave motion that require "telling the story" of what's happening, matching the physics to the math, and developing a solution path. Many of the problems here involve a beaded-spring model, allowing students to parse what's going on and to make the connection to what they have learned and intuitions they have built about individual particle motion.

Resource Types: Homework, Instructor supplement, Restricted access

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ExpertTA

Authors:

Edward Redish

University of Maryland, College Park

NEXUS Physics

Living Physics Portal Team

TOPICS

Physics Topics:

Classical Mechanics

Oscillations & Waves > Wave Motion > Compound Waves, Standing Waves, Transverse Pulses and Waves, Wave Properties of Sound

Life Sciences Topics:

Human and Animal Physiology > Neurophysiology

Medical Applications > Diagnostic (non-imaging) Techniques > Pressure & Fluid Diagnostics

Chemistry Topics:

None

Math Topics:

Algebra; Geometry; Graphical Analysis

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