Active physics : an inquiry approach to physics / Arthur Eisenkraft

"CoreSelect."

"This project was supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation"--P. [4] of cover

Physics in action -- Running start and frames of reference -- Push or pull-adding vectors -- Center of mass -- Defy gravity -- Mu of the shoe -- Concentrating on collisions -- Conservation of momentum -- Circular motion -- Response time -- Speed and following distance -- Accidents -- Life (and death) before seat belts -- Why air bags? -- Automatic triggering devices -- Rear-end collision -- Cushioning collisions (computer analysis) -- Track and field championship -- Running the race -- Analysis of trends -- Who wins the race? -- Understanding the sprint -- Acceleration -- Increasing top speed -- Projectile motion -- Shot put -- Energy in the pole vault --- What goes up and what comes down -- More energy -- Your "at rest" weight -- Weight on a roller coaster -- On the curves -- Getting work done -- Vectors and scalars -- Safety is required but thrills are desired -- Making waves -- Sounds in strings -- Sounds from the vibrating air -- Reflected light -- Curved mirrors -- Refraction of light -- Effect of lenses on light

Designing the universal dwelling -- Solar heat in the "universal dwelling" -- Role of insulation: investigating the insulation types -- Investigating insulation placement in your universal dwelling -- Role of windows...placing windows in your universal dwelling -- Investigating overhangs and awnings -- Too hot, too cold, just right -- Electricity for everyone -- Generate -- Lighten up -- Ohm's law -- Load limit -- Electricity and magnetism connection -- Electromagnets -- Detect and induce currents -- AC & DC currents -- Building an electric motor -- Building a motor/generator toy -- Atoms on display -- Static electricity and Coulomb's law -- Tiny and indivisible -- Hydrogen spectra and Bohr's model -- Inside the nucleus -- Radioactive decay and the nucleus -- Patterns and predictions -- Force fields -- Newton's law of universal gravitation -- Slinkies and waves -- Interference of waves -- Moving frame of reference -- Speedy light -- Special relativity -- Doppler effect -- Communication through space

Sports on the moon --- Free fall on the moon -- Mass, weight, and gravity -- Projectile motion on the moon -- Jumping on the moon -- Golf on the moon -- Friction on the moon -- Bounding on the moon -- "Airy" indoor sports on the moon -- Is anyone out there? -- Lenses and ray optics -- Telescope -- Digital imaging -- Electromagnetic spectrum -- Interference and spectra -- Size of space