Intermediate Mechanics Tutorials

Sponsored in part by NSF grants DUE-0441426 and DUE-0442388.

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Because each course may be taught slight differently, we present the materials below not in any specified order but according to physics topic. For possible tutorial order within a course based on Fowles and Cassiday (to provide just one example), click here.

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Click on each link to open the folder with information about each tutorial. Tutorials are listed in several locations, based on the content pieces that they contain. Longer descriptions will someday arrive...

Harmonic Motion

Velocity Dependent Forces

Energy and/or Conservative Forces

Non-Cartesian Coordinate systems

Accelerating Reference Frames

Angular Momentum and Orbits

Group Problem Solving


Connecting Meaning and Mathematics

Interested in more tutorials? Dawn Meredith, of the University of New Hampshire, has posted online her collection of tutorial materials for intermediate and advanced topics in mechanics. They complement the Intermediate Mechanics Tutorials very nicely, and we strongly urge all interested users to explore them for use in your own classes!


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Contact Information

Bradley S. Ambrose
Department of Physics
Grand Valley State University
Grand Rapids, MI
tel: 616-331-2524
Email: ambroseb@gvsu.edu
 
Michael C. Wittmann
Department of Physics and Astronomy
5709 Bennett Hall
University of Maine
Orono ME 04401-5709
tel: 207 - 581 - 1237
fax: 207 - 581 - 3410
email: wittmann@umit.maine.edu