Living Physics Portal: Using math in physics

Abstract: An important step in learning to use math in science is learning to blend conceptual physics knowledge with mathematical symbols. Students need to learn to see physics equations not just as calculational tools, but as ways of expressing fundamental relationships among physical quantities, coding conceptual information, and organizing physics knowledge structures. This unit provides tools to help organize a course around a few basic "anchor equations" and offers problems throughout the curriculum best solved by building from those basic equations.

Resource Types: Instructor supplement, Restricted access, Student reading, Homework

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Authors:

Edward Redish

University of Maryland, College Park

NEXUS Physics

Living Physics Portal Team

TOPICS

Physics Topics:

Classical Mechanics

Electricity & Magnetism

Fluid Mechanics

Optics

Oscillations & Waves

Thermo & Stat Mech

Life Sciences Topics:

Biomechanics

Human and Animal Physiology

Medical Applications

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