Collection

2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Vazgen Shekoyan; Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College; Kimberly Anne Riegel; Rex Taibu; Tak Cheung

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approach in a high school setting would develop his/herdesign mindset readily when compared to problems provided in a traditional textbook. Forexample, take the basketball throwing example in Chapter 3 of Coletta (Physics FundamentalsPhysics Curriculum & Instruction; 2nd edition 2010)) and ask how to launch a food packageonto a third floor balcony in a street flooding situation. A displayed trend on a graph of locationversus angle or speed would demonstrate an understanding of the projectile motion knowledge.A subsequent imposition of a constraint on the food delivery boat such as oscillatory water levelwould require an iterated design with some appropriate assumptions. Another example would bethe L-shape arm bio-mechanical model where a