[sage-edu] sage in undergraduate physics electricity and magnetism
Dear All- This is a continuation of a thread in the cloud-sage group (but this is a more appropriate group): I am using cloud.sage in an undergraduate physics course on electricity and magnetism. There is a lot of mathematical manipulation and calculus in this course, so I am attempting to introduce students to the use of the computer to do the math. I am in a "high tech" classroom with 12 computers (3 students/computer) that we can break off into to use cloud.sagemath.com. I also tell students to bring their laptop to connect if they wish. I am trying to wean them off of their TIxx calculators (which they love so much) and introduce them to the computational abilities of computers. I thought I would post some of my curriculum materials here, in case any of you might be interested. I'll keep updating this post with more materials. Quick reference (evolving): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SxdiFzopt17AetvSvrQS9ktbvIvKr88HDKXXaaHfy6s/edit?usp=sharing Introduction to Sagemath for undergraduates in this class: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17f3FUBgb_-Ju2EctyS5P5XQXKAIIwXt6Wl-7q2kwa50/edit?usp=sharing Doing integrals and limits that come up in this course: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X8DnVlUj4vAsXuCcGq-fF4OVPP5pJV6UFjym4F5_Xhw/edit?usp=sharing Regards, Tom B. Professor of Physics California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 tben...@calpoly.edu http://www.calpoly.edu/~tbensky -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[sage-edu] Re: sage in undergraduate physics electricity and magnetism
On Wednesday, October 2, 2013 9:36:26 AM UTC-7, tbensky wrote: > > Dear All- > This is a continuation of a thread in the cloud-sage group (but this is a > more appropriate group): > > I am using cloud.sage in an undergraduate physics course on electricity > and magnetism. There is > a lot of mathematical manipulation and calculus in this course, so I am > attempting to introduce students > to the use of the computer to do the math. I am in a "high tech" > classroom with 12 computers (3 students/computer) > that we can break off into to use cloud.sagemath.com. I also tell > students to bring their laptop to connect if they wish. > I am trying to wean them off of their TIxx calculators (which they love so > much) and introduce them to the computational > abilities of computers. > > I thought I would post some of my curriculum materials here, in case any > of you might be interested. I'll keep updating > this post with more materials. > > Quick reference (evolving): > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SxdiFzopt17AetvSvrQS9ktbvIvKr88HDKXXaaHfy6s/edit?usp=sharing > > Introduction to Sagemath for undergraduates in this class: > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/17f3FUBgb_-Ju2EctyS5P5XQXKAIIwXt6Wl-7q2kwa50/edit?usp=sharing > > Doing integrals and limits that come up in this course: > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X8DnVlUj4vAsXuCcGq-fF4OVPP5pJV6UFjym4F5_Xhw/edit?usp=sharing > > Regards, > Tom B. > > > Professor of Physics > California Polytechnic State University > San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 > tben...@calpoly.edu > http://www.calpoly.edu/~tbensky > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[sage-edu] Re: sage in undergraduate physics electricity and magnetism
Hello again, everyone: Here's another installment of a physics/sage lesson for undergraduate E&M: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CmLv7Wrt_u-Bv3RPvpI2JVsJUOpHpW86m_EA1PI18IE/edit?usp=sharing In this one, I have the students make comparisons between a simulation of electric fields using a Phet (http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/charges-and-fields) and exact formulas for the field that they program as function into Sage for rapid evaluation. Hope you find this useful. Tom B. On Wednesday, October 2, 2013 9:36:26 AM UTC-7, tbensky wrote: > > Dear All- > This is a continuation of a thread in the cloud-sage group (but this is a > more appropriate group): > > I am using cloud.sage in an undergraduate physics course on electricity > and magnetism. There is > a lot of mathematical manipulation and calculus in this course, so I am > attempting to introduce students > to the use of the computer to do the math. I am in a "high tech" > classroom with 12 computers (3 students/computer) > that we can break off into to use cloud.sagemath.com. I also tell > students to bring their laptop to connect if they wish. > I am trying to wean them off of their TIxx calculators (which they love so > much) and introduce them to the computational > abilities of computers. > > I thought I would post some of my curriculum materials here, in case any > of you might be interested. I'll keep updating > this post with more materials. > > Quick reference (evolving): > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SxdiFzopt17AetvSvrQS9ktbvIvKr88HDKXXaaHfy6s/edit?usp=sharing > > Introduction to Sagemath for undergraduates in this class: > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/17f3FUBgb_-Ju2EctyS5P5XQXKAIIwXt6Wl-7q2kwa50/edit?usp=sharing > > Doing integrals and limits that come up in this course: > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X8DnVlUj4vAsXuCcGq-fF4OVPP5pJV6UFjym4F5_Xhw/edit?usp=sharing > > Regards, > Tom B. > > > Professor of Physics > California Polytechnic State University > San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 > tben...@calpoly.edu > http://www.calpoly.edu/~tbensky > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[sage-edu] Re: sage in undergraduate physics electricity and magnetism
Hello all again---
I did a Sagemath activity for college students that involve solving
simultaneous equations. These come up in electricity and magnetism when
using Kirchoff's Law and the junction rule to analyze simple DC circuits.
Here's the activity..I hope others might find it useful:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mgo8DiVlYWtlJNisCzevGCMsfY6kFMkSGgZUp-BRuZ8/edit
This activity was done in a high-tech classroom with 12 internet connected
computers...3 students per computer.
A few anecdotal observations
* Most college (science-major) freshman that I see have a really, really
hard time solving 2 equations and 2 unknowns. It's complete mayhem if 3
equations and 3 unknowns come up. I think part of it is that they just
don't *want* to solve the equations, but the mathematical skills needed to
do this are lacking as well.
* Most (90%+) do not know how to get their TI-xxx calculators to solve
equations either. One student has a whole library of games on his TI
calculator, and regularly plays Tetris on it (in class), but does not know
how to use the solve() function built into it.
* I find the computer such a welcome relief for getting solutions, so we
can resume discussing physics.
* A bit of student reaction though: in my office hours later a student was
using his laptop to solve equations, but kept blurting out "I hate
sagemath!" This was because he was trying to solve 3 equations in 3
unknowns, but kept using individual solve() commands for each of the 3
equations. He also forgot to do a var('i1 i2 i3') (to declare the currents
as variables).
* After doing the above activity, when equations come up, the students
still just refuse to solve them, or go to pencil and paper, doing the
Gauss-Jordan technique, taking page after page of writing. I just graded an
exam, and when 3 equations came up to be solve the student wrote "No
solution methods available." and boxed it in, right under the equations.
Ug.
Regards,
Tom B.
On Wednesday, October 2, 2013 9:36:26 AM UTC-7, tbensky wrote:
>
> Dear All-
> This is a continuation of a thread in the cloud-sage group (but this is a
> more appropriate group):
>
> I am using cloud.sage in an undergraduate physics course on electricity
> and magnetism. There is
> a lot of mathematical manipulation and calculus in this course, so I am
> attempting to introduce students
> to the use of the computer to do the math. I am in a "high tech"
> classroom with 12 computers (3 students/computer)
> that we can break off into to use cloud.sagemath.com. I also tell
> students to bring their laptop to connect if they wish.
> I am trying to wean them off of their TIxx calculators (which they love so
> much) and introduce them to the computational
> abilities of computers.
>
> I thought I would post some of my curriculum materials here, in case any
> of you might be interested. I'll keep updating
> this post with more materials.
>
> Quick reference (evolving):
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SxdiFzopt17AetvSvrQS9ktbvIvKr88HDKXXaaHfy6s/edit?usp=sharing
>
> Introduction to Sagemath for undergraduates in this class:
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/17f3FUBgb_-Ju2EctyS5P5XQXKAIIwXt6Wl-7q2kwa50/edit?usp=sharing
>
> Doing integrals and limits that come up in this course:
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X8DnVlUj4vAsXuCcGq-fF4OVPP5pJV6UFjym4F5_Xhw/edit?usp=sharing
>
> Regards,
> Tom B.
>
>
> Professor of Physics
> California Polytechnic State University
> San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
> tben...@calpoly.edu
> http://www.calpoly.edu/~tbensky
>
>
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[sage-edu] Re: Help requested: Details of Sage Educational Uses
TJ---you might have seen my input here, on using Sagemath in undergraduate physics: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/sage-edu/4p-jWpJcmVY Tom B. On Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:02:56 PM UTC-7, TJ wrote: > > I am posting this in several places, I apologize for hitting some of you > repeatedly. > > I am soon going to run a workshop for a college that is considering > adopting Sage full scale (they have an expensive Mathematica license, and > want to switch to something they can afford.) > My target audience has requested help in "envisioning their future use of > Sage in the classroom." This seems a perfectly reasonable request. > > I know how I have tried to use Sage with classes, but I am certain there > are people out there with other set-ups, some of which would be interesting > to this group of potential new users. > > So, > > How do you use some version of Sage in a class? > > The more detail about your particular use, the better. I would be happy to > get examples that vary widely: use of the cell server, a notebook server, > or the cloud service, or whatever else you have. > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > TJ Hitchman > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-edu" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-edu+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-edu@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-edu. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
