====== Props and Equipment for Paradigms Activities ======

==== Coordinate Axes ====

==== Figures ====
You can find [[.:figures:start|gif versions]] of many of the figures we use in our activities here.

==== Maple ====

==== Mathematica ====

==== Spins OSP Software ====

The [[http://www.physics.orst.edu/~mcintyre/ph425/spins/index_SPINS_OSP.html|Spins software]] an elegant and simple simulation of the Stern-Gerlach experiment is used extensively in the [[courses:home:sphome|Spins and Quantum Measurement Paradigm]].

==== The Partial Derivative Machine ==== 

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[[..:..:whitepapers:pdm:start|The Partial Derivative Machine]] is used as a physical method of interpreting partial derivatives.

==== Voltmeter ====


{{props:propsvolt.jpg?250|Voltmeter}}


==== Whiteboards ====
We use three different sizes of whiteboards for various [[strategy:smallwhiteboard:start|different kinds of activities]]:

== Wall-Mounted Whiteboards ==
These whiteboards are large and vertically mounted on the walls (like the front blackboard). We use these for activities where student groups present their results/calculations to the rest of the class.  

{{activities:content:photos:vfvpoints.jpg?250|Wall-mounted}}

== Wall-Mounted Smartboards ==
In the fall of 2011, large Smartboards replaced the wall-mounted whiteboards in one of the classrooms.  These allow the teachers to more easily share the work that one group has done with other groups around the classroom, as each of the boards can display work done on any of the others.  As well, they can be attached to a camera, so a student presenting their work on a smaller board can be seen easily around the classroom.

The choice between wall-mounted whiteboards and Smartboards is one that each teacher and school should make on their own. While the Smartboards work well to display work students have done around the classroom, they lack the multi-user interface that a standard whiteboard does.  Students appear torn on the issue as well, with some reporting that they greatly appreciate the advancement in technology, while others wish they would just go back to whiteboards.

{{activities:content:photos:eethermoterms.jpg?250|Smartboard}}

== Tabletop Whiteboards ==
These whiteboards are about 2x3 feet and lie flat on the groups' table/desks. We use these for most small group activities as a workspace for students to share their ideas with other members of their group (and so that the instructor can easily monitor the group's progress!).

{{activities:content:photos:vfdrawquadrupole.jpg?250|Tabletop}}

== Individual Small Whiteboards ==
These whiteboards are ideally 12" by 18" and are for individual use. Students can each respond to a Socratic question and the instructor can collect these whiteboards for discussion with the whole class.

{{props:dotprod2.jpg?250|Small Whiteboard}}
{{props:dotprod3.jpg?250|Small Whiteboard}}

=== Purchasing Whiteboards ===

You should be able to purchase the whiteboard material at any home improvement 
store (e.g. Home Depot).  It is technically melamine, but that word just confuses many employees; instead ask for "that shiny white shower board stuff".  
It should come in 4' x 8' sheets, plywood-size, approximately $10/sheet.  Make sure that it 
is smooth and shiny and on a thin backing.  Backing should NOT be plywood 
(it comes this way, but is too heavy).  Thickness maybe 1/4".  You can get five medium sized whiteboards (2' by 3') out of one sheet (if you are clever) and 24 small white boards.  Often the home improvement store will cut them for you at a small charge per cut.  

If you buy framed whiteboards, ready-made for classroom use, they will be much more expensive.  For large, wall-mounted whiteboards, you can build a frame yourself.  Don't forget a "chalk" tray!  But, if you are going to use the wall-mounted boards for many classes over many years, it is probably worth investing in professional enamel-on-steel boards available from classroom suppliers.



==== Model Observer ====
We use a small model (about 10-15 cm) of a person to help students learn how to do proofs by contradiction when using Gauss' and Ampere's Laws.  While you can purchase dolls in this size, paper or cardboard cutouts work just as well and allow the students to decorate them (which a large percentage do).

==== Spheres and Cylinders ====
  * Spheres: various size balls (//e.g.// basketball, soccer ball, tennis ball, ping pong ball, etc.).
  * Cylinders: a piece of thin cardboard or cardstock can easily be taped or stapled into a cylinder.

==== Rulers ====

==== Meter Stick ====

==== Hula Hoop ====

{{activities:content:photos:vfering.jpg?250|Electric Field of a Ring}}

==== Equipment Primarily Used In Labs ====

== Force Meters ==

== Oscilloscopes ==

== Coaxial Cable == 

== Thermometers =