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For the 2013B presentation of S104 we are sharing tutorial activities, and for the first time we are using Elluminate. I have the task of providing an Elluminate session for the whole of Scotland on Book 3 -energy and light.

I did produce an 'energy dominos' Elluminate activity a few years ago for S104 use, but I have not tested it on real students and it is only suitable for use with a few students. So this may not be the time for it.

However - the students will only be two days in to their study of this book so I need to keep everything very basic and I need to explain everything that we do.

They should have read the law of conservation of energy. Kinetic energy, the joule and rearranging equations come early, in chapter 3.

General plan:
Slides about definition of energy, forms of energy, conservation of energy.
Discuss energy transfer in collision (game of pool), contrast immediate an long-term outcomes of the collision and the implications for the energy transfer (importance of specifying the context).
Formula for KE, apply to car.
Transfers between Grav PE and KE (ball thrown into air). Grav PE climbing stairs.  Graph of energies for ball.
Movie car stunt - speed calculation. Algebra. Check units and sense.

Algebra - do in Windows Journal AND back up with slides. Quizzes.