“Draw It” – Benito M. Pacheco

Is Engineering Science 12, Dynamics of Rigid Bodies, Diliman’s deadliest course? It should really be the liveliest: more about dynamic motion, less about rigid body. We should keep it graphic and animated. Draw the lines and curves of motion; don’t leave the vector algebra alone to a calculator. Gesture an acceleration; don’t say simply 9.81 meters per second per second. Navigate alternative paths of solution; don’t flash a cut-and-dried answer. Let a team of students solve a problem, taking turns to add one equation at a time. Alas, it is as much the trajectory, the journey, as the destination!

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