This week I only had sessions on Thursday and Friday. Thursday I had one person. Friday I had 5 people. One of the things I noticed that students were memorizing equations from the FBD for the slope and using these equations for a flat surface or for circular motion. The best way to get around this was to draw out the fbd's for the other scenarios and explain how to derive equations for applied forces or gravity. In addition, students had some understanding that the sum of the forces for uniform circular motion was (mv2/r). It was also important to explain that this was simply and extension to F=ma.
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