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Highlights: Homework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum

Abstract: DA plays a fundamental conceptual role as a way to help students learn to blend physical concepts with mathematical representations. This requires somewhat of a "phase transition" in student thinking - switching from thinking about variables as standing for numbers to ones standing for physical measurements. A good way to help them is to provide DA activities throughout the class. This section provides a set of 6 problems appropriate for homework or short in-class activities that combine DA with paying attention to physical functional dependence.

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Authors:

Edward Redish (he/him)

University of Maryland, College Park

NEXUS Physics

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Physics Topics:

Classical Mechanics > Statics of Rigid Bodies > Stresses

Electricity & Magnetism > Electrostatics > Coulomb's Law

Fluid Mechanics > Dynamics of Fluids > Hagen-Poiseuille Equation

Fluid Mechanics > Surface Tension > Capillary Action

Oscillations & Waves > Wave Motion > Transverse Pulses and Waves

Life Sciences Topics:

Botany > Fluid Transport

Human and Animal Physiology > Other Body Fluids

Math Topics:

Algebra

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