Transcript Good, good, good, good vibrations…

Good, good, good,
good vibrations…
Presented by:
Don Higdon
Terry Cepaitis
Allen Skinner
Bud Rorison
From Maryland…
Meeting National Science
Standards
Understand the nature of science
Demonstrate the skills necessary to
become independent inquirers about the
natural world
Understand the interactions of energy
and matter through wave behavior
Use evidence, create models, and provide
explanations.
Meeting the NCTM Algebra
Standard
Understand patterns, relations, and
functions
Represent and analyze mathematical
situations and structures using algebraic
symbols
Use mathematical models to represent
and understand quantitative relationships
Analyze change in various contexts
Think about…
How are these alike?
Investigate with…
Light Sensor
Microphone
Motion Detector
Analyze with…
Stella
position
rate of change of pos
velocity
rate of change of vel
Table 1
equ ilibrium posit ion
spring constant
Graph 1
-24.5 0
equilibrium position acceleration
mass
spring force
net force
initial spring stretch
weight
gravity
And…
Mathematica
Making Connections...
Physics
Stella
TI-83/CBL
Math
Mathematica
Excel
Hang in there!
See y’all in Alabama…