Computer Intensive Physics 211

InfoMall Homework #3 -Printed only (10 points)

Spring, 1998

Due 1/22/98

IFHW3:

Using the InfoMall

Write a short essay, in five parts, and print it out to hand in on Thursday,
January 22^nd, at the beginning of class:

Today you were studying the causes of motion. Use the InfoMallto learn
more about this topic.

1)

(a) (1 pt) Describe what you must do to change the state of motion of an object.
(b) (1 pt) Relate your description to Newton's First Law of motion and give a
reference to this law on the InfoMall.

2) The textbooks included in the Troverepresent the views of more than 20
authors and about three different levels of textbooks. If we list them in terms of
increasing level of mathematics, they can be listed as below:
TEXTBOOK Trove
Conceptual Level Textbooks
Algebra-based Textbooks
Calculus-based Textbooks and Special Topics

• Find information about that Newton's Second Law in onetextbook in eachlevel
  listed above.

• Put a Note mark in each textbook at the location of the text that you find helpful
  in learning about Newton's Second Law. This means you will need to make three
  notes.
• (a) (2 pts) Give the exact citation for each selection.
• Now use the note markers to scan through the three selections again and pick one
  selection that speaks to you the best.
• (b) (2 pts) Cut and paste into your word processor a sentence or two from your best
  selection.
• (c) (2 pts) Write a paragraph explaining which one of the three selections helps
  you to best understand Newton's Second Law and explain why you think that
  selection is best for you for the concept of Newton's Second Law.
• (d) (2 pts) Write a paragraph graph in which you describe how Newton's Second
  Law is related to the activities that you did in class on Tuesday, January 20th.

Print out a copy of your work, with your name on it, of course, and hand it in at the
beginning of class on Thursday.