[Edu-sig] school physics/math courses

[Daniel Ajoy]

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:00:03 -0500, <edu-sig-request at python.org> wrote:

> From: roberto 
> 
> hello
> (i am rather new in python ...)
> 
> i am about to start a course of physics and math for students aged
> 14-17 (high school)
> and i am deeply interested in the possibilty of teaching fundamental
> concepts of these subjects via teaching programming;
> i chose python (i won't change my mind ...)
> 
> so i am looking for resources on how to deal with these topics via
> this great programming language;


concepts like: 

* methods for solving triangles (53-64)
* parabolic movement (69-72)
* derivatives (75-76)

can be presented by asking the students to draw the corresponding figures in this page:

http://neoparaiso.com/logo/ejercicios-de-geometria.html

using the turtle module.

Daniel