The Number Line in the Common Core

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 16.05.04

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Background
  4. Instructional Strategies
  5. Classroom Activities
  6. References
  7. Implementing District Standards
  8. Endnotes

Beyond the Number Line: Coordinate Systems and Vector Arithmetic

Klint Kanopka

Published September 2016

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References

"FLP Vol. I Table of Contents." FLP Vol. I Table of Contents. Accessed August 05, 2016. http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_toc.html. This is a free-to-read online version of The Feynman Lectures on Physics. There is a chapter with a particularly nice treatment of vectors, though it might not be appropriate to give directly to students.

Hieggelke, Curtis J., David P. Maloney, and Stephen E. Kanim. Newtonian Tasks Inspired by Physics Education Research: NTIPERs. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2012. This book is a collection of conceptual questions and ranking tasks that are excellent for starting class discussions and debates on physics concepts. This particular volume is a large collection of great questions on mechanics. There is another volume for electricity and magnetism topics.

"Set-Builder Notation." Set-Builder Notation. Accessed August 05, 2016. http://www.mathsisfun.com/sets/set-builder-notation.html. This site is a short and simple web explanation of the mechanics of set builder notation.

"Vector Addition 2.02." Vector Addition 2.02. Accessed August 05, 2016. https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/vector-addition/vector-addition_en.html. This is an excellent interactive web app built by the University of Colorado’s physics education research team to illustrate addition of vectors in two dimensions. There are a lot of visualization options available within the app and it is free to use.

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