Module+7

Mary Jo Bruce Anson Contreras Brian Miracle Jonathan Vazquez Ladai Haywood
 * Team Members**

High School- Grade 11 and 12 Physics Final List Completion Date 3/3/10**
 * Classroom Technology Request List


 * Hardware Items**

1) Taser- $25 2) Mini Roller-coaster/race track- $11 3) Spring-powered Cannons- $15 4) Laser- $30 5) Paintball Gun- $15 6) Vise- $90 7) Prism- $9 8) Safety Goggles- $8 9) High-Speed Video Camera- $2000/day Rental (we used it for one day) 10) Black Light- $4 11) Super-Soaker- $12 12) Water Steamer- $19 13) 15 Celestron 44102 400x Power Laboratory Biological Microscopes- $2,700 ($180x15) 14) 15 Packs of Prepared Slide- $330 ($22x15) 15) 2 Sets of 50 Magcraft 1/4 inch by 1/10 inch Magnets- $23 Total - $5291

1) Interactive Physics Software Item # IP01NL- 1 CD, 1 manual, 1 Teacher Edition Workbook- $249 2) Interactive Physics Software Item # IP01NL- 1 CD, 1 manual, 1 Teacher Edition Workbook- $249 3) Interactive Physics Software Item # IP01NL- 1 CD, 1 manual, 1 Teacher Edition Workbook- $249 4) Algodoo - $39 5) Crayon Physics Deluxe - $20 Total - $806
 * Software Titles**


 * Grand Total - $6097**

The hardware we found is going to be used to supply the classroom with equipment for experiments. For example, the Taser will be used to teach the concept of a 'volt;' the mini roller-coaster/race track will be used to teach the concept of conservation of energy (potential energy to kinetic and vice-versa); the spring powered cannons will be used to teach about the parabolic effect of gravity on objects in flight; lasers will be used in a variety of ways, such as, explaining the concept of a unified wavelength or Bernoulli's Principle in total internal refraction of liquid streams; the vise is just a safety measure to hold potentially dangerous utilities (such as a paintball gun) in place so that students can actively participate in demonstrations without jeopardizing the lives of other classmates; the paintball gun will be used to ask the students to calculate velocity; the prism will be used to show the different wavelengths, or colors, that make up visible light; the safety goggles will be used for safety measures; the high speed video camera will be used in a final project that asks students to record an event with the high speed video camera and post it on Youtube with annotations describing every physical concept learned in Physics that is currently taking place in the video; the black light will be used to further describe excited states of electrons; the super soaker or the water streamer will be used to demonstrate other aspects of Bernoulli's principle; the microscopes and slides will be used to demonstrate the intricacies of circuit boards; the magnet sets will be used in the magnetism section of the course. We are using the program Interactive Physics because it's an award-winning educational software from Design Simulation Technologies. The software makes it easy to observe, discover, and explore the physical world through fast-paced, exciting simulation. Working closely with physics educators, the software team has developed an easy-to-use, visually appealing program that greatly enhances physics instruction. In conjunction with the Interactive Physics Software, the Algodoo software program is another user-friendly yet powerful utility that greatly enhances the art of teaching Physics. The Crayon Physics Deluxe software package is a video game that requires the gamer to use concepts learned in the Physics class in order to advance to higher levels of the game, with the concepts getting progressively harder per level.
 * Summary**