In addition to providing insightful questions that instructors can post for their students, the purpose of “Figuring Physics” is to elicit discussion among teachers. One of the niceties of our profession is finding that there is often more to an explanation, as Carl Mungan clearly shows with his astute discussion of the chain drop problem. When “Figuring Physics” sparks thoughts worth sharing, pass them along to the letters column of TPT.
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