I am very excited for the opportunity to share some of the capabilities of Mathematica to produce interactive physics demonstrations. I was inspired as an undergrad to continue my physics education through a PhD by the beauty and simplicity of the dynamic visualizations possible using Wolfram's technology. It is a great honor to share these tools with fellow educators to inspire the next generation of budding physicists!
- Have you ever wanted to show a student the real-time relationship between potential and kinetic energy for a projectile in a uniform gravitational field?
- Have you ever waved your hands in the air trying to explain why a vector's components don't change upon translation, wishing they could see the simple picture in your head?
- Have you ever thought that a 30 minute lecture on quantum coherent states could be accomplished in 5 minutes if your students had magic wavefunction viewing goggles?
We'll make a demonstration of each of these concepts in Mathematica, plus we'll explore the vast collection of free-to-use interactive modules available through the Wolfram Demonstrations Project.
www.demonstrations.wolfram.comWe'll also explore the application to physics education of the many emerging Wolfram technologies, covered in detail during other presenters in this conference.
I plan to showcase the huge variety of resources available for educators, with and without a programming background, to enhance their students' engagement in physics.
I really love this stuff and I'm sure you will too!
