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Acceleration

Keywords: Vector Calculus

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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

Instructor's Guide

vcaccelguide.pdf

Student Handouts

vcaccelhand.pdf


Authors: Tevian Dray and Corinne Manogue
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