I might try these next week and see how they go:<div><br></div><div>does altering the size of an object affect its drop time?</div><div>does joining objects together (large and small) affect drop time?</div><div>does altering the length of a pendulum affect its swing time?</div> <div><br></div><div>before doing the above say what you think will happen</div><div>after doing the above say whether you think the physics program reflects real world behaviour</div><div>(possibility of follow up real world experiments here)</div> <div><br></div><div>design a catapult system to accurately hit </div><div>(a) stationary distant target (b) moving target (c) close target</div><div><br></div><div>build a complex or elegant building that doesn't fall down</div> <div><br></div><div>other ideas along these lines?</div><div><br></div><div><b>extra features I would like to see in physic</b>s:</div><div>copy shapes</div><div>move them while in setup mode</div><div>a timer</div><div><br> </div><div><b>icons</b>:</div><div>I think it would be better if the polygon icon looked like an irregular shape rather than a regular hexagon</div><div><br></div><div>btw if there was a regular hexagon then you could use it to do some work with tessellations in setup mode using the triangle, square, hexagon - if you had the move feature in setup mode</div> <div>eg. make a tessellation in setup mode and then support it so it doesn't fall apart under gravity</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Caroline Meeks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Yes, I think thats a good idea. Also maybe its engineering principals not Physics that should be the learning objectives.<div> <br></div><div>What I'm realizing is that really I'm giving demos to teachers about h0w to use Sugar to support learning. So what I want is a bunch of lessons using various different activities that are clearly aligned with any common curriculum objective.</div> <div><br></div><div>For Physics I think I want a really simple challenge that I can demo then have students solve it fairly quickly. then I want a couple levels of additional challenge where students can solve problems in different ways.</div> <div><div></div><div class="h5"> <div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 4:47 AM, Bill Kerr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:billkerr@gmail.com" target="_blank">billkerr@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> one possibility would be to not attempt to teach physics but to make a game <div><br></div><div>good for introduction and also for teamwork</div><div><br></div><div>see</div><div><a href="http://xo-whs2009.blogspot.com/2009/08/wow-factor-physics.html" target="_blank">http://xo-whs2009.blogspot.com/2009/08/wow-factor-physics.html</a></div> <div><a href="http://xo-whs2009.blogspot.com/2009/08/wow-factor-physics.html" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://xo-whs2009.blogspot.com/2009/08/physics-games-screenshots_14.html" target="_blank">http://xo-whs2009.blogspot.com/2009/08/physics-games-screenshots_14.html</a></div> <div><br></div><div><a href="http://xo-whs2009.blogspot.com/2009/08/physics-games-screenshots_14.html" target="_blank"></a>thinking of extending to making a video of the game as per your suggestion here Caroline<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> <div><div></div><div> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Caroline Meeks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com" target="_blank">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div><div></div><div> Physics is so cool! One of the students today did a really great job with it: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nseWyxaN6g" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nseWyxaN6g</a><div><br></div><div>Does anyone have an idea for a 1 hour or so lesson I could do with Physics that would teach a Physics concept and still be incredibly engaging?<br clear="all"> <br>-- <br>Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br><br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br> </div> <br></div></div><div>_______________________________________________<br> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br> <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br> </div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br><br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br> </div> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br> </div>