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Ben Geller

Pedagogical Methods Used

Peer Instruction / Think-Pair-Share, Collaborative problem-solving, Conceptually-oriented activities, Context-rich problems, Guided inquiry, Mathematically-focused activities, Experimentally-focused activities, Tutorials

Life Sciences Focus

I've worked on curricula related to random motion and entropy, fluid dynamics in living systems, the second law of thermodynamics and free energy, magnetic sensing and NMR/MRI, and modeling cellular and neural systems.

Education Research and Pedagogy Expertise

I'm particularly interested in questions of affect and engagement: how do the tasks we choose and the manner in which we implement them affect life science students' interest and engagement in intro physics?

Describe the courses that you teach for life sciences students

I teach a two-semester introductory physics course targeting life science and biochemistry students: Introductory Physics with Biochemical and Biomedical Applications

What is your approach to teaching physics for life science students?

My goal is to leverage students' backgrounds in biology and chemistry by exploring contexts for which those backgrounds are relevant, and to be explicit about the ways in which fundamental physics informs those disciplines.

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Introduction to the Electrocardiogram

Student reading, Instructor supplement, Clicker question, Lecture materials, Lab, Homework
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Students measure an ECG and work out the corresponding moving electric dipole moment of the heart

Electrical Diagnostics, Healthy Cardiovascular Function, Cardiovascular Disorders

Multipoles, Electric Field, Electrostatic Potential and Potential Energy

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Catherine Crouch

Ben Geller

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Fluid dynamics with applications to cardiology

Homework, Instructor supplement, In-class activity, Clicker question, Lecture materials, Pre-class assignment
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Fluid dynamics in the context of normal and diseased physiology in the human cardiovascular system

Cardiovascular Disorders, Healthy Cardiovascular Function

Flow Rate, Bernoulli's Principle, Hagen-Poiseuille Equation, Viscosity

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Catherine Crouch

Ben Geller

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Random Motion Module

Lab, Homework, Instructor supplement, Restricted access, In-class activity, Clicker question, Lecture materials
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a module introducing random walks following 1D kinematics as the mechanism of gradient-driven flow

Physical Mechanisms, Material Flow, Cross-membrane Transport

Kinetic Theory, Mean Free Path, Mean Collision Time, Viscosity, Diffusion, Brownian Motion

Catherine Crouch

Ben Geller

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