Living Physics Portal: Cooling Lab

Abstract: This resource focuses on the exponential function to help students connect this functions to meaning, and not see the function merely as a way to get a number. By looking at the function as related to the simple phenomena of cooling, they begin to see the story that the function is telling. The exponential function comes into play in biology in reaction rates, metabolic rates, cooling, filtration rates, and RC circuits, which are used to model nerve signal propagation.

Resource Types: Lab, Instructor supplement, Restricted access, Lecture materials

Authors:

Dawn Meredith

University of New Hampshire

Christopher Shubert

University of New Hampshire

TOPICS

Physics Topics:

Thermo & Stat Mech > First Law > Heat Transfer

Life Sciences Topics:

Human and Animal Physiology > Thermoregulation

Math Topics:

Exponentials and Logarithms

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License: CC: BY-NC-SA - Attribution, No Commercial uses and Share Alike. Derivative works must have the same license

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