Humanized Physics Project - Mechanics Labs archived from Doane & U of Neb
These archived materials are part of the Humanized Physics Project (2001-2004), a multi-institutional effort to create Introductory Physics lab activities with a human context for students preparing for careers in the life sciences. All the activities start with a human-related context, even if the lab activities are more traditional. New to that era, included computer acquisition of data (now outdated). Ideas were shared across institutions but each institution created or adapted their own materials. This subset of activities, focused on motion, was developed for use at Doane College and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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