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Re: teaching vectors

On Wed, 02 Oct 2002 17:46:07 -0500 Raeghan Graessle <rbyrne1@LUC.EDU>
writes:
I am looking for a creative way to teach vectors
to my conceptual physics class (high school level).
Any suggestions?

Raeghan Graessle, Student Teacher University of Chicago Laboratory
Schools

*** Please explain what you mean by "creative ways."
There are several ways to teach vectors.
Personally, I like to use curtain rod , adjustable length, magnetized
arrows that stick to the chalkboard.

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where none of our physics teachers still have not found "creative ways"
to teach vectors)

This posting is the position of the writer, not that of SUNY-BSC, NAU or the AAPT.