Re: A weighty subject

[Joel Rauber <Joel_Rauber@SDSTATE.EDU>]

Hi Arlyn,
Its good to hear from a familiar name and face.  Of course, it means that I
now have to be more careful about what I write on the list, since I have an
ex-student here to keep me honest!

Joel


> As a high school teacher, I teach that weight is the force of gravity
> (symbol F
> with subscript g,  just like electrical forces is F with subscript e,
> etc.).
> The symbol W is used only for work.  When I was in Dr.
> Rauber's class a few
> years ago I did use mg as he instructed but with my students
> I find they
> understand this better although I still have some students at
> the end of
> the
> year that think 45 Kg should be the "F" in the equation F=mg.
> --
> Arlyn DeBruyckere
> Hutchinson High School