Tutorials on velocity-dependent forces
Newton’s laws and velocity-dependent forces
Pretest (.pdf)
Tutorial (.pdf)
Homework (.pdf)
Exam questions (.docx)
Instructor notes (.pdf)
All materials (~1MB .zip,
.docx and .pdf)
Tutorial title
Emphasis (what do students do?)
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Apply Newton’s laws to account for—and represent graphically—the motion of objects experiencing air resistance
Set up equations of motion and calculate terminal speed
Air resistance problems
Contact information for co-PIs
Bradley S. Ambrose
Department of Physics
118 Padnos Hall
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI 49401
Tel.: 616-331-2524
FAX: 616-331-3740
Email: ambroseb@gvsu.edu
Michael C. Wittmann
Department of Physics and Astronomy
5709 Bennett Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04401-5709
Tel.: 207-581-1237
FAX: 207-581-3410
Email: wittmann@umit.maine.edu
Solve qualitative and quantitative problems involving velocity-dependent forces
Set up and solve equations of motion, including cases in which initial speed exceeds terminal speed
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Sponsored in part by NSF grants DUE-0441426 and DUE-0442388
Intermediate Mechanics Tutorials are modeled after:
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•Tutorials in Introductory Physics, L.C. McDermott P.S. Shaffer, and the Physics Education Group at the University of Washington (Prentice Hall, 2002)
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•Activity-Based Tutorials, M.C. Wittmann, R.N. Steinberg, E.F. Redish, and the University of Maryland Physics Education Research Group (Wiley, 2004 and 2005)