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Size: 824 KB

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Categories:

1. Home Study
2. Visualization
3. Games

Subjects:

1. Physics
2. Conic Sections
3. Differential Equations
4. Geometry
5. Graphing
6. Differentiation
7. Maxima / Minima
8. Plane curves
9. Position Portrait
10. Quadratic graphs
11. Trigonometric Functions
12. Vectors

Title: Gravitation

Book Description: Gravitation is a 23-page Interactive Mathematics/Science WorkBook that is designed to be used by students ages 14 and older for private self-directed study and recreation.

Teachers may choose to use it as a resource to enrich mathematics and physics courses at the Secondary and College levels, to support group projects and laboratories, or to illustrate (with simulations) a number of key ideas in the development of Calculus and of Classical Mechanics. Since one of the aims of the book is to stimulate questions and generate discussion, it seems that it would lend itself to a number of collaborative teaching and learning strategies.

The book has a number of game-like explorations (such as a Lunar Lander or a space shuttle launch) that also teach. Further, students have the opportunity to experiment with each of Kepler's 3 laws.

This WorkBook was the "study" or preliminary version of an interactive multimedia video game (also called Gravitation) which is available from the Library on CD.

Author: James White

Suggested Use: Some of the simulations were designed for 640x480 resolution. If you prefer not to change your screen resolution, open the Library Player without a book (from its icon) and, before opening Gravitation, select Window, Default Screen Resolution. Then open Gravitation (Book059 directory) from the File Menu. It should work fine, then.

Topics: acceleration, vectors, conics ections, differential equations, equations, extrema, mechanics, geometry, graphing, gravity, inflection points, momentum, pendulum, plane curves, polar graphs

Number of Pages: 23

Animation: Yes

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