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ERIC Number: EJ293904
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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"Joule" Enjoy Using This Metric Unit.
Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey
Science Teacher, v51 n2 p24-28 Feb 1984
Discusses advantages of using the joule as the focus of a teaching strategy to unify the concept of energy. Includes applications to various energy forms and use of the joule in converting constants. A set of worked problems, using relationships discussed in the article, are available from the author. (JM)
Descriptors: Biology, Electricity, Energy, Heat, High Schools, Kinetics, Metric System, Physical Sciences, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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