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Interactive Physics II Player Workbook, MAC Version: Book/Disk
Cindy Schwarz, Vassar College

ISBN-10: 0134776704
ISBN-13: 9780134776705

Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Copyright: 1996
Format: Paper; 232 pp
Status: Out of Print

Suggested retail price: $32.20
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A text-independent workbook containing approximately 200 examples and problems organized topically, each simulated by the Interactive Physics Player. The book contains tutorial "what if" questions and explanations in the software. Provides graphic interactive simulation by allowing students to change parameters and observe results. Does not require professional version of Interactive Physics to use (includes "player"). For introductory algebra or calculus-based physics courses.

  • contains 40 Interactive Physics simulation (run-time) files.
    • Students and schools do not have to purchase Interactive Physics, simulations are packaged with a run-time version of Interactive Physics.
  • offers problems of varying degrees of difficulty that are themselves designed to exploit the technology — rather than the usual type of problems with the technology “added on.”
  • provides for each simulation:
    • Physics Review — a brief review of the physics concepts covered in the simulation. Contains associated formulas and lists of key words for further reference to a main text.
    • Simulation Details — most of the information necessary to run the simulation — parameters that can be adjusted and the fixed values of those that cannot.
    • Hints — for doing difficult calculations and predictions.
    • Explanations of results — that go into more specific details relating to the simulation than do the Physics Review sections.
    • Mathematics Help — reviews some mathematics or contains information that makes calculations easier.
    • Specific “hands on” instructions pertaining to the computer simulation — e.g., clicking on buttons, adjusting velocity with a slider, turning on air resistance, changing reference frames, etc.
    • a self-test — true/false or short answer (with answers in the back of the book).

1. A Car Moving with Constant Acceleration (Vectors).
2. A Car Moving with Constant Acceleration (Graphs).
3. A Car Moving with Constant Acceleration (Graphs).
4. Three Cars Racing.
5. A Boat Crossing a River.
6. An Airplane Flying with Wind.
7. A Ball Thrown Straight Up in the Air (Vectors).
8. A Ball Thrown Straight Up in the Air (Graphs).
9. Projectile Motion Idealized.
10. Projectile Motion with Air Resistance.
11. Projectiles and Relative Velocity.
12. Three Forces on a Puck.
13. Horizontal Motion with Friction (Energy).
14. A Crate Pulled Along a Floor.
15. A Cart and Mass Attached with a Rope Over a Pulley.
16. A Block Moving Up a Hill without Friction.
17. A Block Moving On a Hill with Friction.
18. A Block Moving On a Hill with Friction (Energy).
19. A Block Sliding Down a Hill with Friction.
20. Pulling Three Crates.
21. Pulling Three Crates Uphill.
22. A Two-Car Collision in One Dimension.
23. A Ball Thrown Up in the Air (Energy).
24. A Ball Thrown Up that Hits the Ceiling.
25. A Ball Moving in a Circle with Constant Speed.
26. A Rod Rotating about Its Center.
27. Forces Applied to a Hinged Door.
28. Torques on a Meter Stick.
29. A Ferris Wheel (Vectors).
30. A Ferris Wheel (Graphs).
31. A Block Oscillating on a Spring (Vectors, Equations).
32. A Block Oscillating on a Spring (Energy and Damping).
33. Simple Pendulum.
34. Rolling Down Hill.
35. Odd-Shaped Rotating Projectile.
36. Mystery Motion 1.
37. Mystery Motion 2.
38. Combination Motion.
39. More Complex Combination Motion.
40. Double Pendulum.
Answers to Self-Tests.
Table on Some Common Texts.

For Algebra-Based Physics


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