Review for:MIT OpenCourse Ware Physics 1

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posted: on December 25, 2007 at 9:58PM

My rating of this resource: ****

My experience using this resource:
Physics

Topic I was teaching:
Pendulums & Conservation of Energy

My learning goal for which this resource was used:
For the students to see Conservation of Energy first hand.

Course Level:
A.P., Honors or Advanced, Intro or Regular, Remedial

How I/my students used the resource:
Watched his pendulum demo and made observations. Then talked about Conservation of Energy and did the math on the board afterwards.

Value Added:
Provides visualization or animation, Increases student engagement and motivation

Strengths:
Great for those of us who aren't able to do such neat demos in our own classrooms!

Weaknesses:
none.

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