Contributions
Using math in physics -- teacher's introduction
Pedagogical essay, Restricted access, Instructor supplementDiffusion and Random Walk unit
Instructor supplement, Student reading, Lecture materials, In-class activity, Clicker question, Lab, Demonstration, Video, Pre-class assignment, Homework, Exam problemProvides the basic physics of the critical biological phenomenon of diffusion and random motion.
Medical Applications, Physical Mechanisms, Cellular Structure, Cross-membrane Transport, Cellular Dynamics
Statistical Physics, Diffusion, Brownian Motion
Diffusion - Instructor Documents
Instructor supplementDiffusion - Readings
Student readingDiffusion - Lecture Materials
Lecture materials, In-class activity, Clicker question, Lab, Demonstration, Video, Pre-class assignment, Homework, Exam problem, Student reading, Instructor supplementDiffusion - Homework Problems
HomeworkDiffusion - Recitations
In-class activityDiffusion - Laboratories
Lab, Instructor supplement, Student readingThese labs yield a complete exploration of motion in resistive media from directed to random.
Medical Applications, Physical Mechanisms, Cellular Structure, Cross-membrane Transport, Cellular Dynamics
Statistical Physics, Diffusion, Brownian Motion
ImageJ Instructions
Student reading, Instructor supplementMicroscope Instructions
Student reading, Instructor supplementUsing math in physics - Dimensional analysis
Remote Learning, Instructor supplement, Student reading, Lecture materials, Clicker question, In-class activity, Homework, Restricted access, Exam problemAn introduction to dimensional analysis with readings, problems, and examples throughout the curriculum. Problems available in Expert TA.
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Oscillations & Waves, Thermo & Stat Mech, Electricity & Magnetism
Dimensional analysis - Introduction
Remote Learning, Instructor supplementDimensional analysis - Student Readings
Remote Learning, Student readingDimensional analysis - In-Class Slides
Remote Learning, Lecture materials, Clicker questionDimensional analysis - Classroom Activities
Remote Learning, In-class activity, Homework, Restricted accessTwo extended groupwork activities that can help students get a handle on dimensional analysis.
Human and Animal Physiology, Medical Applications, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Hagen-Poiseuille Equation, Conductors and Insulators
Dimensional analysis of the HP equation
Remote Learning, In-class activityDimensional analysis of the Debye length
Remote Learning, Homework, In-class activity, Restricted accessDimensional Analysis - Problems with Solutions
Remote Learning, Instructor supplement, Homework, Restricted access, Exam problemHomework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum
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Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Oscillations & Waves, Thermo & Stat Mech, Electricity & Magnetism
Dimensional analysis problems - Units
Remote Learning, Homework, Restricted accessDimensional analysis problems - Functional Dependence Table Problems
Remote Learning, Homework, Exam problem, Restricted accessDimensional Analysis - Essay questions
Remote Learning, Homework, Restricted accessDimensional analysis problems - General
Remote Learning, Homework, Restricted accessDimensional analysis problems - Specific Physics Topics
Remote Learning, Homework, Restricted accessHomework problems using dimensional analysis throughout the curriculum sorted by physics topics
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Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Oscillations & Waves, Thermo & Stat Mech, Electricity & Magnetism
Dimensional analysis problems - Kinematics
Remote Learning, Homework, Restricted accessDimensional analysis problems - Newtonian dynamics
Remote Learning, Homework, Restricted accessDimensional analysis problems - Electric forces
Remote Learning, Homework, Restricted accessDimensional analysis problems - Solids
Remote Learning, Homework, Restricted accessDimensional analysis problems - Fluids
Remote Learning, Homework, Restricted accessDimensional analysis problems - Diffusion
Remote Learning, Homework, Restricted accessDimensional analysis problems - Electric current
Remote Learning, Homework, Restricted accessDimensional analysis problems - Harmonic Oscillator
Remote Learning, Homework, Restricted accessDimensional analysis problems - Waves
Remote Learning, Homework, Restricted accessDimensional analysis problems - Light
Remote Learning, Homework, Restricted accessDimensional Analysis Quiz and Exam Problems
Remote Learning, Homework, Exam problemSample NEXUS Physics Class
Student reading, Instructor supplement, Pre-class assignment, Homework, Exam problemNEXUS Physics is an IPLS class designed for bio majors. This is a sample implementation.
Medical Applications
Classical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Thermo & Stat Mech, Electrostatics
Schedules of activities
Pre-class assignment, Student reading, Instructor supplement, HomeworkSyllabus explanations
Student reading, Instructor supplement, Exam problemSupport files
Instructor supplementLiving Physics textbook (AKA NEXUS Physics Wikibook)
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted access, Clicker questionan intro physics text designed for life-science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or healthcare careers
Biochemistry, Mechanics of Biomaterials, Fluid Transport, Material Flow, Cardiovascular System, Neurophysiology, Healthy Respiratory Function, Cellular Structure, Emergent Phenomena, Bioenergetics
Fluid Mechanics, Motion in Two Dimensions, Electrostatics, Electric Fields and Potential, Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits, Geometrical Optics, Diffraction, Interference, Oscillations, Wave Motion, Thermal Properties of Matter, First Law, Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials, Synthesis and Analysis of Color, Photons, Lasers, Random Walks
Living Physics - Vol. 1
Remote Learning, Instructor supplement, Restricted access, Student readingan intro physics text designed for life-science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or healthcare careers
Cellular Structure, Mechanics of Biomaterials, Material Flow, Cardiovascular System, Healthy Respiratory Function, Fluid Transport, Biochemistry, Neurophysiology
Fluid Mechanics, Motion in Two Dimensions, Electrostatics, Thermal Properties of Matter
Living Physics Vol. 1 - Information for faculty
Remote Learning, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics 1 - Introduction for students
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics 2 - Using math in science
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics 3 - Kinematics
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics 4 - Newton's laws
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics 5 - Modeling forces
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics 6 - Coherent vs random motion
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics 7 - Solids
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics 8 - Fluids
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 8 of an intro physics text for life-science students on the properties of fluids including viscous fluid flow
Material Flow, Cardiovascular System, Healthy Respiratory Function, Fluid Transport
Surface Tension, Statics of Fluids, Flow Rate, Hagen-Poiseuille Equation, Viscosity, Equation of Continuity
Living Physics 9 - Mechanical energy
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics 10 - Chemical energy
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics 11 - Heat and temperature
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics - Vol. 2
Remote Learning, Instructor supplement, Restricted access, Student readingan intro physics text designed for life-science students focusing on the skills they need to develop for research or healthcare careers
Emergent Phenomena, Bioenergetics, Cellular Structure
Electric Fields and Potential, Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits, Geometrical Optics, Diffraction, Interference, Oscillations, Wave Motion, First Law, Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials, Synthesis and Analysis of Color, Photons, Lasers, Random Walks
Living Physics Vol. 2 - Information for faculty
Remote Learning, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics 12 - Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 12 of an intro physics text for life-science students discussing thermodynamics from the point of view of statistical mechanics
Matter/energy Transfer & Transforms, Bioenergetics, Cellular Dynamics
First Law, Probability, Kinetic Theory, Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials, Random Walks, Microstate, Macrostate, Boltzmann Distribution, Equipartition Theorem, Ideal Gas
Living Physics 13 - Electricity and the electric field
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics 14 - Electric currents
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics 15 - Oscillations
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accesschapter 15 of an intro physics text for life-science students introducing the basic concepts of oscillations
Locomotion and Gait, Healthy Hearing
Pendula, Springs and Oscillators, Hooke's Law, Simple Harmonic Motion, Damped Oscillators, Driven Mechanical Resonance
Living Physics 16 - Waves in 1D
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics 17 - Light — the ray model
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics 18 - Light — the wave model
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessLiving Physics 19 - Light — the photon model
Remote Learning, Student reading, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessClicker questions for Living Physics vol 1
Clicker questionA set of short-answer clicker questions for use in the 1st half of an algebra-based IPLS class.
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Motion in One Dimension, Motion in Two Dimensions, Newton's First Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's Third Law, Applications of Newton's Laws, Gravity, Work and Energy, Linear Momentum, Surface Tension, Thermal Properties of Matter, First Law, Archimedes' Principle, Static Pressure, Measuring Pressure, Density and Buoyancy, Flow Rate, Bernoulli's Principle, Hagen-Poiseuille Equation, Viscosity, Charge, Coulomb's Law, Induced Charge, Equation of Continuity
Clicker questions for Living Physics vol 2
Clicker questionA set of short-answer clicker questions for use in the 2nd half of an algebra-based IPLS class
Optical Imaging, Temperature Diagnostics, Vision, Hearing, Healthy Neural Function
Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits, Geometrical Optics, Diffraction, Color, First Law, Kinetic Theory, Diffusion, Entropy, Second Law Formulations, Thermodynamic Potentials, Electric Field, Electrostatic Potential and Potential Energy, Interference From Two Sources, Photons
NEXUS Physics Wikibook (old version)
Remote Learning, Student readingA free set of readings for a one year IPLS course. Available as a free website.
Cross-cutting Biological Concepts
Motion in One Dimension, Motion in Two Dimensions, Newton's First Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's Third Law, Applications of Newton's Laws, Work and Energy, Linear Momentum, Electrostatics, Electric Fields and Potential, Capacitance, Resistance, DC Circuits, Surface Tension, Statics of Fluids, Geometrical Optics, Interference, Oscillations, Wave Motion, Second and Third Law, Probability, Ensembles, Diffusion
Exponentials for IPLS
Instructor supplement, Student reading, Homework, Restricted access, Pre-class assignment, In-class activity, Exam problemAn introduction to the use of the exponential and logarithm with biologically relevant examples
Cellular Dynamics, Proteins, The Cell, Cross-membrane Transport
Probability, Diffusion, Conductors and Insulators, Electric Field, Electrostatic Potential and Potential Energy
Readings about exponentials and their biological applications
Student readingProblems with exponentials
Homework, Restricted access, Pre-class assignmentA set of homework problems using the exponential and logarithm with biologically relevant examples.
Cellular Dynamics, Proteins, The Cell, Cross-membrane Transport
Probability, Diffusion, Conductors and Insulators, Electric Field, Electrostatic Potential and Potential Energy
General physics problems with exponentials
Homework, Restricted access, Pre-class assignmentBiological applications of the exponential
Homework, Restricted accessAn introduction to the use of the exponential and logarithm with biologically relevant examples
Cellular Dynamics, Proteins, The Cell
Probability, Diffusion
Boltzmann factor problems with exponentials
Homework, Restricted accessDebye length problems with exponentials and logarithms
Homework, Restricted accessDiffusion problems with exponentials
Homework, Restricted accessClassroom activities about using exponentials
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