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Shutesbury, Massachusetts, United States
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Horse and 3rd Law
In this presentation, a (secretly lazy) horse studies physics at night in the barn and uses Newton's 3rd Law to convince a farmer that it is futile to pull on a wagon since "if I pull on the wagon, the wagon exerts an equal and opposite force on me". Agent-Object notation is explained and used to analyze the three (horizontal) interactions: horse/ground, horse/wagon, & wagon/ground. Ends with an activity for small groups with whiteboards or paper to assess understanding.
9th - 12th, Higher Education
General Science, Physical Science, Physics
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Experience
20+ years teaching High School Physics and Chemistry
Teaching style
Hands-on, Thematic, Cooperative Learning...
Awards & shining teacher moments
1999 Physics Prize
University of Oregon
Phi Beta Kappa
My own education history
BS Physics with Honors, University of Oregon
Masters in Science Education, University of Massachusetts
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