Factors Influencing College Science Success
If you are a science or mathematics teacher, you probably wondered, what your students take out of your classes beyond a college or university admission. How does your teaching benefit your students? What are the skills that they will be able to transfer to their undergraduate studies that will serve them well? Luckily, Prof. Philip […]
Have a Wonderful School Year!
Dear Colleagues: On behalf of the MSTLTT Team I would like to wish you all a wonderful school year. I hope it will bring lots of memorable events and we will have the time to enjoy and explore the beauty of science and mathematics as much as Richard Feynman did. As a gift for a […]
Polygon Angles
This problem set deals with the internal and external angles of the polygons up to an octagon.
Resistor Shapes
In this problem set, voltages and currents in resistor nets shaped like the platonic solids are deduced using knowledge about parallel and series circuits.
Crane
The physics of a crane are explained using torque and equilibrium.
Center of Mass
All aspects of a two body elastic collision are explained from a center of mass point of view.
Dimensions
Basic geometry and mathematics are used in this problem set to explain varying properties of an ascending series of n-dimensional units.
Jumping
The interaction of the earth with a jumping person is explained using the momentum principle.
Menger Sponge
The concept of surface area is explored through the iterative processes in creating a Menger sponge.
Water Tanks
Energy conservation and introductory thermodynamics are explored using this simplified model of two colliding water tanks.
Planetoids
Varying systems of small planet like objects are explored in order to successfully apply Newton’s law of gravitation.
Semicircles
This problem set explores the momentum and energy present in balls travelling through semicircles and their relations to the semicircle’s radius.
Blocks on a Pyramid 2
Exploration of free body diagrams, two body acceleration, and newton’s laws through the system of two blocks resting on a pyramid and attached by a pulley.
Diagonals
Varying lines and diagonals in cubes and tetrahedral are examined and solved for in this series of problems.
Monty Hall Problem
The seemingly paradoxical Monty Hall problem is systematically deciphered using a series of probabilistic calculations.