We are
collecting here resources for instructors teaching physics to Life Science
majors. This project is supported by NSF CCLI DUE-0737458. The resources are
organized in two ways: by biological application (first table) and by physics
topic (second table).
This page is
very much a work in progress. We expect to be adding items on and off until at
least September 2010. Any feedback on the items (useability, accuracy) would be
most welcome.
Other
resources for the same student audience are
Sense-making tutorials from the University of Maryland
Project.
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Biological
application & physics topics & supporting mathematics |
Overview
and Bibliography |
Lectures |
Questions
(clicker, homework, exam) |
Lab
Activities |
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Predator/Prey position, velocity , acceleration |
None |
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Falling cats terminal velocity, drag force, velocity, acceleration |
None |
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Capturing current Fluid flow, continuity, viscocity, Bernoulli |
coming |
coming |
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Materials stress, strain, Hooke's law, strength of materials,
fracture |
coming |
coming |
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Physics
topic |
Mathematics
support |
Biological
application |
|
Conservation of Momentum: (Pushing on the Environment) |
Algebra and geometry |
Walking people; hovering hummingbird; jetting jellyfish; Word format; pdf |
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Forces in fluids |
Algebra |
Falling cats, hydrodensitometry, centrifuge; Word format; pdf |
[ University of New Hampshire ] [
Physics Department ]