Get a Kick out of Physics: Using the art of Tae Kwon Do to interest students in Physics
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Catherine E. Matthews, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Tae Kwon Do, the Korean martial art, literally translates to mean the way of the hand and foot. Educators can use some of the hyungs (forms and patterns) of this martial art to explain to students a fundamental and integral physics equation —f = ma (force = mass x acceleration)—in an interesting and exciting way.
Get a Kick out of Physics: Using the art of Tae Kwon Do to interest students in Physics
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Created on 1/1/1997
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Additional Information
- Publication
- The Science Teacher, 64 (9), 34 - 36
- Language: English
- Date: 1997
- Keywords
- Tae Kwon Do, Teaching physics