Additional Crime Scenes for Projectile Motion Unit

• Autores: Dan Fullerton, David Bonner
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 49, Nº. 9, 2011, págs. 554-556
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Building students' ability to transfer physics fundamentals to real-world applications establishes a deeper understanding of underlying concepts while enhancing student interest. Forensic science offers a great opportunity for students to apply physics to highly engaging, real-world contexts.1Integrating these opportunities into inquiry-based problem solving in a team environment provides a terrific backdrop for fostering communication, analysis, and critical thinking skills. One such activity, inspired jointly by the museum exhibit �CSI: The Experience�2and David Bonner's TPTarticle �Increasing Student Engagement and Enthusiasm: A Projectile Motion Crime Scene,�3provides students with three different crime scenes, each requiring an analysis of projectile motion. In this lesson students socially engage in higher-order analysis of two-dimensional projectile motion problems by collecting information from 3-D scale models and collaborating with one another on its interpretation, in addition to diagramming and mathematical analysis typical to problem solving in physics.