Acceleration

Highlights of the activity

1. This small group activity is designed to introduce students to polar basis vectors.
2. Students work in small groups to analyze the unit tangent and normal vectors to a circle.
3. The whole class wrap-up discussion emphasizes the geometry of vector fields.

Reasons to spend class time on the activity

Provides a geometric introduction to polar basis vectors.

Reflections

• Reflections from the original implementation.

• Reflections from "official" adapters/adopters.

• Reflections from the general public.

Instructor's Guide

• Wiki version

vcaccelguide.pdf

Student Handouts

vcaccelhand.pdf