AMUSEMENT PARK AS MECHANICS PHYSICS LABORATORY

This paper shows results using amusement park premises, in order to improve appropriation of physics concepts such as; circular motion, work, and energy, among others. I assumed the park as an experimental lab. That’s the reason why I performed and applied a guidance material, taking it as a learnin...

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Autor Principal: Castañeda, Xiomara del Pilar Murillo
Formato: Artículo (Article)
Lenguaje:Español (Spanish)
Publicado: Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas 2011
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11349/18871
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Sumario:This paper shows results using amusement park premises, in order to improve appropriation of physics concepts such as; circular motion, work, and energy, among others. I assumed the park as an experimental lab. That’s the reason why I performed and applied a guidance material, taking it as a learning object. These guides have the objective to relate theory and experience by the analysis about some mechanical attractions. The experiment was carried out with students in the subject “mechanical physic” in a public university, from Bogota, Colombia. I developed both, sessions in the classroom and in the amusement park also were assessed at three times (before, during and after to the park visit). Analysis of results and conclusions, allow us to see the level of skills development, dimensions of knowledge and strengths of the process, showing an improvement about significance and construction on concepts discussed.