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This
Starting
Point
webpage
is
a
summary
of
a
role-playing
resource
called
Worldwatcher
Project:
Global
Warming
Project.
In
this
exercise,
students
role-play
advisors
to
various
heads
of
state
on
the
subject
of
global
warming.
The
web
site
offers
a
short
curriculum
to
help
the
students
become
experts
on
global
warming.
It
offers
lab
activities,
computer
visualizations
(using
free
WorldWatcher
software),
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Starting
in
1992,
introductory
physics
students
at
Indiana
University
were
pre-
and
post-tested
on
their
knowledge
of
general
physics.
Some
students
received
standard
classes
of
lectures
and
tests,
while
others
were
taught
using
interactive
engagement
(IE)
techniques.
The
goal
of
the
study
was
this:
can
IE
methods
increase
the
effectiveness
of
introductory
mechanics
courses?
Though
the
study
focused
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This Data Plotting and Fitting page was developed as a third year laboratory for the School of Physics, University of New South Wales. The program will plot data into several different graphs. Graphs include a line graph, linear regression fit, exponential fit, power fit, Gaussian fit and Cos squared fit. The program can also calculate fit for the data if required.
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This NASA website contains extensive information on sun spots and sun spot prediction. Users have access to several forms of graphical and numerical data such as sun spot numbers, the Maunder minimum, the Butterfly diagram, the Greenwich sunspot data and sun spot cycle predictions. The site also includes a wealth of information about the sun and NASA's ongoing sun research.
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Scientific
practice
involves
the
construction,
validation
and
application
of
scientific
models,
so
science
instruction
should
be
designed
to
engage
students
in
making
and
using
models.
This
pdf
article
discusses
the
benefits
of
using
model
construction
and
development
in
an
Interactive
Engagement
learning
framework.
The
methodologies
and
ideas
discussed
in
this
article
have
been
incorporated
in
physics
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Over
the
past
few
years,
a
number
of
curricula
have
been
developed
in
the
USA
that
are
based
on
the
constructivist
model
of
student
thinking
and
learning
and
which
have
evolved
using
the
research/
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This Starting Point webpage describes a ConcepTest question that asks students to examine a map and answer the question, at which location in the diagram below would the waves break closer to the beach? Students are to answer the questions using a diagram representing three possible beach geometries. The website includes the question and additional references.
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The
Wave
Superposition
exercise
is
an
interactive
JAVA
environment
that
allows
the
user
to
look
at
the
linear
superposition
of
up
to
four
ocean
waves
of
different
amplitudes
and
period.
Direction
of
travel
(right
or
left)
and
the
local
depth
of
water
can
be
specified.
Students
can
learn
definitions
of
wavelength,
wave
speed,
wave
amplitude,
and
wave
period
and
gain
an
overall
understanding
of
the
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The
Waves
Through
the
Earth
JAVA
activity
allows
students
to
vary
the
seismic
P
and
S
wave
velocity
through
each
of
4
concentric
regions
of
Earth.
Students
match
fabricated
data
for
travel
times
versus
angular
distance
around
Earth's
surface
from
the
source
to
detector.
Tables
are
available
for
P
and
S
rays
superimposed
on
the
4-region
model.
Tables
of
data
for
P
and
S
wave
velocities,
graphs
of
fabricated
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The
goal
of
this
paper
written
as
part
of
the
MIT
Systems
Dynamics
in
Education
Project
is
to
teach
the
reader
how
to
distinguish
between
stocks
and
flows.
A
stock
is
an
accumulation
that
is
changed
over
time
by
inflows
and
outflows.
The
reader
will
gain
intuition
about
stocks
and
flow
through
and
extensive
list
of
different
examples
and
will
practice
modeling
simple
systems
with
constant
flows.
STELLA
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