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Computer Intensive Physics Robert G. Fuller

Portugal Conference

March 6, 199824 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Maple[TM] enables them to set it up and then it gives them a solution. If you teach them the plot command they can actually plot the distance of the coffee filter as a function of time as it falls to the ground. (See Figure 44). You will notice it curves and then becomes linear as the filter reaches a terminal velocity.

In summary, this was a typical week-long lesson that had everything. Hands on, InfoMall, video, MBL, Maple[TM], and homework problems. Now I will tell you what we found when we evaluated the course.

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