http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/ 2020-01-26T17:09:14-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/ http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2015-08-11T21:59:03-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/topic:bridge?rev=1439355543 Bridge Project Activities Which Way is North? Acceleration Finding $d\rr$ The Hill The Pretzel The Valley The Wire Potential Functions The Grid The Cone The Fishing Net Stokes' Theorem Divergence and Curl Change of Variables The complete Bridge Project materials, consisting of the student handouts, the instructor's guide for each activity, and an extensive discussion of our general approach, can be downloaded from the Bridge Project website. text/html 2012-08-10T18:34:37-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/topic:classical?rev=1344648877 Classical Mechanics Activities sample syllabussequence Survivor: Outer Space Central Forces on an Air Table Reduced Mass-Assumptions Position Vectors Undoing Reduced Mass Angular Momentum-Classical Definitions Degrees of Freedom Velocity and Acceleration in Polar Coordinates Polar Plots of Conic Sections Exploring the Effective Potential Interpreting Effective Potential Plots Orbits and Effective Potential Orbits: Java Angular Momentum in Polar Coordinates text/html 2014-10-03T15:42:06-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/topic:electromagnetism?rev=1412376126 E & M Activities sample syllabussequence activities Charge/Current Density Acting Out Charge DensitiesTotal ChargeActing Out Current Density Electric Fields and Potential ($V$, $\vec E$) Activities to help students learn how to calculate or visualize electrostatic fields and their potentials: text/html 2012-08-10T16:51:31-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/topic:fourier?rev=1344642691 sample syllabussequence activities Fourier Series Activities Guessing the Fourier Expansion of a Function text/html 2012-08-10T16:51:13-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/topic:linearalgebra?rev=1344642673 Linear Algebra Activities sample syllabussequence activities Linear Transformations Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues Diagonalizing Matrices text/html 2017-05-02T15:49:50-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/topic:mathbits?rev=1493765390 sample syllabussequence activities New Math Bits Activities Fourier Transform of a Delta Function Parseval's Identity text/html 2015-08-08T16:59:08-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/topic:multivariable?rev=1439078348 Multivariable Calculus Activities sample syllabussequence activitiesvector calculus textbookmultivariable calculusDouble IntegralsThe CylinderCurvilinear CoordinatesThe TetrahedronLines and PlanesPartial DerivativesClimbing a HillChange of VariablesCalculating a Total Differential Constant Lines in the u-v planeFixed Partial DifferentialsThe HeaterThe ParkChop, Multiply, and AddThe CylinderThe CakeCross ProductSurfacesDouble IntegralsThe TriangleCurvilinear CoordinatesThe Conethis versionThe He… text/html 2012-08-10T16:49:59-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/topic:powerseries?rev=1344642599 sample syllabussequence activities Power Series Activities Calculating Coefficients for a Power Series Approximating Functions with a Power Series (visualization) text/html 2015-01-08T10:33:32-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/topic:qmtext?rev=1420742012 Quantum Mechanics Activities These quantum mechanics activities are ordered by chapters of the textbook Paradigms in Physics:Quantum Mechanics. You can also find the QM activities organized by concepts. Chapter 1: Stern-Gerlach Experiments SPINS is a java program that simulates Stern-Gerlach experiments with spin 1/2 and spin 1 particles. The software runs on all platforms and can be downloaded from the SPINS home page. text/html 2019-06-20T22:20:41-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/topic:quantum?rev=1561094441 Quantum Activities sample syllabussequence activitiesParadigms in Physics:Quantum Mechanicsorganized by textbook chapter Operators Projection Operators Matrix Representation of Spin Operators Operators and Functions Eigenstates Eigenstates of a Particle Confined to a Ring Guessing the Legendre Polynomial Expansion of a Function Finding Legendre Coefficients Harmonic Oscillator Basis States Probability Densities Particle Confined to a Ring Particle Confined to a Sphere Linear Combina… text/html 2015-08-15T13:28:06-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/topic:relativity?rev=1439670486 sample syllabus sequence activities Special Relativity Activities Spacetime diagrams and hyperbolic trigonometry Galilean Spacetime DiagramsTrigonometryRight TrianglesLength ContractionCosmic RaysSGA Doppler effectSGA Paradoxes in special relativity Paradoxes ISGA Paradoxes IISGA Relativistic energy and momentum Energy, Mass, Momentum Mass is not ConservedSGA Energy-Momentum in Different FramesSGA Relativistic electromagnetism Lorentz Transformations for ElectromagnetismSGA text/html 2015-08-15T13:28:25-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/topic:rotating?rev=1439670505 sample syllabus sequence activities Rotating Frames Activities Inertial frames Inertial Frames Linear AccelerationSGA Merry-Go-Round Coriolis and Centrifugal AccelerationsSGA Turntable Hockey Forces on the Earth's surface due to rotation East is not East Rocket from the North PoleSGAEarth Hockey (orig) Earth Hockey I Earth hockey II text/html 2017-04-28T10:30:44-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/topic:start?rev=1493400644 Table of Contents for Individual Activities On this portion of the site you can find complete instructions for each activity, starting with an advertising-style splash page that will give a short description of the activity, a short description of the motivation, links to any student handouts, and a place where developers and users (including you!) can reflect on their experience. Each activity has a link to Instructor's Guide type materials: information based on our experience about typical st… text/html 2013-06-12T14:45:45-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/topic:thermodynamics?rev=1371073545 Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics Activities sample syllabussequence activities Labs Ice calorimetry lab Melting ice lab Rubber band lab Small group activities Name the Experiment, Introduction Name the Experiment: Changing Entropy Name the Experiment: Maxwell Relations Name the Experiment: More Maxwell Relations Constant lines of U and V Calculating a Total Differential The Isothermal Bulk Modulus Introducing Legendre Transform Comparing System and Surroundings Comparing The… text/html 2019-01-24T18:56:48-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/topic:vectorcalculus?rev=1548385008 Vector Calculus Activities sample syllabussequence activities See also the Vector Calculus Bridge Project for information and materials specific to vector calculus, especially materials that are appropriate for mathematics courses. Curvilinear Basis Vectors (Kinesthetic) Velocity and Acceleration in Polar Coordinates Visualizing Gradient Visualizing Flux Visualizing Divergence Visualizing Curl Navigating a Hill Vector Line Integrals Angles between Vectors Related Mathematical Ideas … text/html 2012-08-10T16:37:55-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/topic:wavesoscillations?rev=1344641875 Oscillations & Waves Activities sample syllabussequence activities Anharmonic Oscillations Forced Oscillations Standing and Traveling Waves Using Initial Conditions to Specify Analytic Wave Solutions Dispersion Relations Dispersion Relation for Waves on a String Reflection & Transmission Wave Propagation in a Coaxial Cable Energy in a Wave Energy Density of Waves on a String Plane Waves Fourier Analysis Guessing the Fourier Expansion of a Function Quantum: Particle in a Box