Level 98 🇺🇦It's still Friday somewhere in the world so more #PhysicsFriday
What do you personally find the most challenging physics topic (and explain why you picked rotation)?
Rotation
Quantum Mechanics
Relativity
Other (post in reply)
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Dean Baird@level98 Rotation? I love rotation! So many great activities. And it’s like a parallel universe to translational motion. Here’s some stuff:
ROTATION
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/A-Bundle-of-Phyz-ROTATION-7810919
Thermodynamics, on the other hand, … not a fan. Not bursting with great labs/demos. I love thermal physics. But thermodynamics? Not so much.
Still, some stuff:
HEAT AND THERMO
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/A-Bundle-of-Phyz-HEAT-THERMO-7810945
A Bundle of Phyz: ROTATION
The bundle opens with a guided classroom discussion on "A New Kind of Motion": rotation. It's fundamentally different from linear motion."A Question of Balance" is a PhET-fueled lab activity that sets and applies the conditions for balance using the Balancing Act sim. It's a nice precursor to an in-...
Dr. Roger Freedman@Phyz Yes. I agree I should have added thermo. But rotation, sure I can do the maths however: gyroscopic motion is basically magic, thinking about "Mach's principle" is mind-bending, and the "spin" of a fundamental particle is particularly advanced magic. 😀
@level98 High school physics (Physics Kindergarten) is where I live.
I’m happy to introduce the topics, but I don’t want to hog the whole story. Gotta leave some of the plot twists(!) for the college and university instructors.