Force Brainstorming

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Fall 2009-Day 13

Emily had the students discuss in pairs what they knew about force and experiences they've had dealing with force. Instead of writing/drawing/presenting these ideas on a giant white piece of paper with markers like usual, she just had the students share with each other these ideas. Students took turns writing down words or concepts that deal with force that come from their background knowledge. They came up with: gravity, f=ma (force=mass x acceleration), weight, lbs, newton, etc. How do all of these words relate? I am excited to see what the students and the instructors will learn during this unit on force. It holds a lot of potential for fun learning activities!