The units are accompanied by a detailed Teacher's Guide and are supplied in printed, loose-leaf format. Also included is a disk of word processing files, so you can modify the activities for your situation. The principal authors are David Sokoloff of the University of Oregon and Ronald Thornton of Tufts University. Motion and Force The Motion and Force laboratory guide contains five units, each requiring about three hours of laboratory work. The labs involve simple apparatus such as dynamics carts, ramps, and springs.
Students use their own body motions extensively in the introductory units.
A Motion Detector is required for all of the units and a force sensor is used in two of the units. Two temperature probes are required. A Heat Pulser is required for approximately half of the investigations.