Workshop Physics Activity Guide, The Core Volume with Module 1: Mechanics I: Kinematics and Newtonian Dynamics (Units 1-7)
PHYSICS WITHOUT LECTURESTheWorkshop PhysicsActivity Guide is a set of student workbooks designed to serve as the foundation for a two-semester calculus-based introductory physics course. It consists of 28 units that interweave text materials with activities that include prediction, qualitative observation, explanation, equation derivation, mathematical modeling, quantitative experiments, and problem solving. Students use a powerful set of computer tools to record, display, and analyze data, as well as to develop mathematical models of physical phenomena. The design of many of the activities is based on the outcomes of physics education research.TheWorkshop PhysicsActivity Guide is supported by an Instructor’s Website that: (1) describes the history and philosophy of the Workshop Physics Project; (2) provides advice on how to integrate the Guide into a variety of educational setting; (3) provides information on computer tools (hardware and software) and apparatus; and (4) includes suggested homework assignments for each unit. Log on to theWorkshop PhysicsProject Website at http://physics.dickinson.edu/Workshop Physicsis a component of thePhysics Suite—a collection of materials created by a group of educational reformers known as theActivity Based Physics Group. ThePhysics Suitecontains a broad array of curricular materials that are based on physics education research, including: