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Why use energy bar charts?

Jacobs Physics

The usefulness of graphical representations over straight-up equations and calculations for understanding energy concepts has been well established in physics teaching literature for years. I resisted teaching energy bar charts for nearly the first two decades of my career - mainly for point (3) above.

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Math Anxiety Hurts Too Many Kids. Here’s How We Can Curb It.

ED Surge

I’m not talking about people choosing not to study calculus. Contrary to what might be expected, it disproportionately affects high-ability students who default from efficient mathematical strategies that rely on working memory to less-efficient ones. Math anxiety is a corrosive agent in the STEM talent pipeline.

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Career Exploration: Mathematics

PCS Edventures

Whether you agree with the theory that mathematics exists for humans to discover or that it is a man-made tool, numeric systems designed to measure the world around us serve as the foundation for scientific and technological advancement. Calculus , which calculates rates of change and infinites. Energy Analyst/Auditor.

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The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics

Stephen Wolfram

1 Mathematics and Physics Have the Same Foundations. 2 The Underlying Structure of Mathematics and Physics. 3 The Metamodeling of Axiomatic Mathematics. 4 Simple Examples with Mathematical Interpretations. 15 Axiom Systems of Present-Day Mathematics. 21 What Can Human Mathematics Be Like? Graphical Key.

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A Case for ‘Radical Simplification’ in Higher Education

ED Surge

In ten days’ time, we had to reinvent college-level mathematics instruction on a large scale—more than 100 sections of courses and nearly 3000 students—with no playbook. So I’ve stopped prioritizing time and energy to anything that doesn’t seem to matter, and to stop feeling guilty about it.

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Fall STEM Activities

STEM Sport

Thermal Energy Insulation Investigation Description: As temperatures drop in the fall, students can design an experiment to test the insulation properties of various materials. The Mathematics of Leaf Drop Description: Students collect data on the rate of leaf drop from specific trees throughout the fall season.

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AP Physics 1 and AP Physics C - Mechanics Daily Review: Fundamentals check 9

Jacobs Physics

Then, as the AP1 students do cumulative review for the exam, the APC students can do their review in the context of practicing calculational problems, and of learning some of the calculus techniques unique to the C exam. What is the total kinetic energy of the two-cart system? Cart A, of mass 1 kg, moves left with speed 1 m/s.

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