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A few fundamental equations can help organize large blocks of conceptual knowledge and serve as starting points for problem solving
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An important step in learning to use math in science is learning to blend conceptual physics knowledge with mathematical symbols. Students need to learn to see physics equations not just as calculational tools, but as ways of expressing fundamental relationships among physical quantities, coding conceptual information, and organizing physics knowledge structures. This unit provides tools to help organize a course around a few basic "anchor equations" and offers problems throughout the curriculum best solved by building from those basic equations. Problems available in autograded commercial environment, Expert TA.
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