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| - | - Students work in small groups to write expressions for velocity and acceleration in polar coordinates. | + | - This small group activity is designed to help upper division undergraduate students work out expressions for velocity and acceleration in polar coordinates. |
| - | - Students address the time dependence of curvilinear basis vectors. | + | - Students work in small groups to address the time dependence of curvilinear basis vectors in order to find general expressions for velocity and acceleration in polar coordinates. |
| - | - Students build connections between their geometric understanding of position, velocity and acceleration vectors and an algebraic formulation in polar (curvilinear) coordinates. | + | - The whole class wrap-up discussion focuses on building connections between the students' geometric understanding of position, velocity and acceleration vectors and an algebraic formulation in polar (curvilinear) coordinates. |
