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Inclined
Planes Book Description:
This
5-page Microworld tells a story about Newtonian Force Diagrams
in the contexts of inclined planes and pulley systems. It
does this in a series of four interactive and animated examples
that allow the reader to experiment with such parameters
as weight, inclination of the plane, coefficient of friction,
load on the pulley, etc.
In
each example, the author asks a question to which the reader
may discover the answer by experimenting with values for
the parameters, and also by making calculations in the built-in
calculators.The
Microworld explores these themes in 4 interactive pages
+ a Table of Contents.
Author:
Sam Masih, Albany State University
E-mail:
smasih@asurams.edu
Topics:
Force Diagrams, Friction Coefficient, Trigonometry of inclined
planes.
Number of Pages: 5
Animation: Yes
Grade Level: 13-15
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