Pedagogical Methods Used
SCALE-UP / studio / workshop physics, Modeling Instruction, Experimentally-focused activities, Computationally-focused activities
Life Sciences Focus
Physics at the Molecular and Cellular Level
Describe the courses that you teach for life sciences students
Introductory physics - mechanics and E&M
CONTRIBUTIONS
Physics at the Molecular and Cellular Level Curriculum
Commentary, Reading/resource listIntro physics curriculum focused on biology at the molecular and cellular level. Includes active learning, lab and computing activities.
Proteins, DNA and RNA, Magnetic Imaging, Molecular Imaging, Photosynthesis, Cellular Structure, Bacteria
Biophysics, Resonance, Position & Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, Gravitational Acceleration, Measuring Inertia, Inertia at Rest, Inertia in Motion, Force & Acceleration, Interacting Objects, Friction, Pressure, Non-Conservative Forces, Conservation of Energy, Conservation of Linear Momentum, Collisions in One Dimension, Collisions in Two Dimensions, Static Pressure, Density and Buoyancy, Diffusion of Fluids, Flow Rate, Viscosity, Springs and Oscillators, Hooke's Law, Simple Harmonic Motion, Damped Oscillators, Driven Mechanical Resonance, Longitudinal Pulses and Waves, Reflection, Refraction, Transmission, Interference and Diffraction, Temperature, Pressure, Heat Transfer, Thermal Equilibrium, Mean Free Path, Viscosity, Diffusion, Brownian Motion, Boltzmann Equation, Entropy, Charge, Coulomb's Law, Electric Field, Electrostatic Potential and Potential Energy, Electrostatic Force, Capacitors, Resistance Characteristics, Ohm's Law, Currents, Magnetic Fields, Force on Moving Charges, Force on Wires, Electromagnetic Spectrum, Straight Line Propagation, Refractive Index, Refraction - Flat Surfaces, Thin Lens, Optical Instruments, Diffraction Through One Slit, Interference From Two Sources, Gratings, Thin Films, Photons, Spectra, Absorption, Atomic Models, Probability Density, Poisson Distribution, Gaussian Distribution, Random Walks, Microstate, Macrostate, Boltzmann Distribution, Chemical Potential, Ideal Gas, Lennard-Jones Potential, Ising Model
Diffusion Model through Conservation of Momentum and Energy
In-class activity, Lab, Instructor supplement, Restricted accessA sequence of activities to build a simulation of diffusion from principles of elastic collisions.
Cellular Dynamics, Cellular Interactions
Conservation of Energy, Conservation of Linear Momentum, Collisions in One Dimension, Collisions in Two Dimensions, Diffusion, Brownian Motion