I'm doing my #MastersThesis on #PhysicsEducation, and I can confidently say that a huge part of what turns so many people away from #physics is that, especially at the #intro level, #classes aren't designed to interrogate #concepts and tie them together as much as to teach lists of #equations to memorize.

Intro #mechanics mostly covers four concepts: Newton's Second Law and the three #conservation laws. Starting from there would greatly reduce the mental load.