{search-box}
h1. Modeling Introductory Mechanics
David E. Pritchard, Analia Barrantes, and Andrew Pawl
h2. An experimental physics textbook by the {color:#000099}RE{color}search in {color:#000099}L{color}earning, {color:#000099}A{color}ssessing, and {color:#000099}T{color}utoring {color:#000099}E{color}ffectively ([RELATE|http://relate.mit.edu]) physics research group.
----
h4. The goal of this textbook is to teach you a new way to think, to allow you to share your insights and questions (it is a WIKI) and to evaluate a modeling approach to teaching introductory physics.
Physics will ask you to:
* Look at the world through the lenses of simple physical models that represent common underlying patterns and interactions in nature.
* Develop a facility in using these models to understand and solve problems with real-world applications - both qualitatively and quantitatively.
* Learn how to check your solutions to problems for reasonableness to develop confidence and to further your understanding.
h4. The form of this textbook, a WIKI, will allow for student contributions.
Certain content areas will allow you to make contributions of your own.
{note}Before contributing, please read the RELATE wiki *[copyright and waiver]*.
{note}
\\
----
h2. Table of Contents
{pagetree:root=@self}
\\
----
h2. Popular Content
{popular:style=list}
\\
| !copyright and waiver^copyrightnotice.png! | RELATE wiki by David E. Pritchard is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License|http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/]. |
\\
|