I can’t remember how I found this, but Scratch is a graphical programming language developed at MIT. My kids love this. In order to make sure they don’t know more than I do, I created my own scratch program. I am sure someone from the scratch community will attack it for some reason, but I am ok with that. The program shows a numerical calculation of the motion of a box with a constant force on it. You change the mass and the force. It “sort of” plots the position as a function of time. Don’t worry python, I still think you are the best. Learn more about this project
Rhett Allain is an associate professor of physics at Southeastern Louisiana University. He enjoys teaching and talking about physics. Sometimes he takes things apart and can't put them back together. ... Read More
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