Physics 7 - A Restructured College Physics Course
-- Sample 3 Week DL Sequence --

Activity	Description	Concept(s) Addressed	Kinds of Activities
5A-1	spokes of a human wheel	angular kinematic variables	experiencing, measuring, calculating, discussing, explaining
5A -2/3	rolling ring/ball down ramp	transfer of gravitational PE to translational and rotational KE	experiencing, measuring, calculating, discussing, explaining
5A-4	rolling various objects down ramp	sharing ratio of KE between rotation and translation depends on I	experiencing, observing, discussing, interpreting, explaining
5B-1	modeling the human body and calculating I	moments of inertia, rot KE	discussing, modeling, estimating, calculating, interpreting
5B-2	working through a sample rotational work problem	torque, rotational work	discussing, calculating
6A-1	rotating a bar	torque, rotational work,transfer of energy, friction	experiencing, measuring, calculating, discussing, explaining
6A-2	drawing particles in 3 phases	particle spacing in the 3 phases of matter	connecting to prior experience, exposing misconceptions, discussing, drawing, writing
6A-3	measuring N2 volume expansion from liq to gas	particle density of liquids and gases	experiencing, measuring, calculating, re-thinking, discussing, re-drawing
6A-4	ideal gas experiments on the gas simulator" #1	behavior of gases: macroscopic properties	using computer simulation, graphing, interpreting graphs
6B-1	ideal gas experiments on the "gas simulator" #2	relation of microscopic to macroscopic properties	using computer simulation, discussing, interpreting, explaining
6B-2	ideal gas experiments on the "gas simulator" #2	relation of microscopic to macroscopic properties	using computer simulation, taking data, interpreting
6B-3	ideal gas experiments on the "gas simulator" #2	relation of microscopic to macroscopic properties	graphing
7A-1	ideal gas experiments on the "gas simulator" #2	relation of T to rms velocity, modes	discussing, graphical analysis, interpreting
7A-2	ideal gas experiments on the "gas simulator" #3	equipartition of energy	using computer simulation, taking data, discussing, interpreting, analysis, explaining
7A-3	calculating heat capacity	dependence of C on path	reflecting, discussing, representing, calculating, analysis, explaining
7B-1	designing and carrying out an experiment on simulator	equipartition for mixture of gases	thinking, discussing, writing, experimenting, interpreting
7B-2	real gas experiment on "gas simulator"	effect of attractive forces between gas molecules	observing, interpreting, discussing, discussing, explaining
8A-1	looking at real gas C's	dependence of C on number of modes	thinking, discussing, explaining, calculating, comparing to data, interpreting,
8A-2	C of Pb and Al	C of solids / classical models balls and springs --> C = 3R	experimenting, analyzing, interpreting, calculating