Curated OER
NUMB3RS Activity: Where’s the Source? Episode: “Undercurrents”
Several real-world problems are posed as a way to learn about vector fields in order to make some predictions after analyzing the data. The main problem comes from the tv show NUMB3RS and is based on solving a crime where a body has...
Curated OER
NUMB3RS Activity: Riding the Waves
High schoolers use the TI-Navigator system to explore vector fields and make predictions. They also identify what a vector field is and that it represents the movement of water. Pupils try to determine where a bottle floating might have...
University of Maryland
University of Maryland: Line Integrals and Conservative Vector Fields
This resource explains line integrals in relation to conservative vector fields. It contains example problems with solutions and additional problems to work.
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Scalar Field Gradient Model
Students investigate scalar and vector fields though a downloadable java simulation. The simulation explores the gradient of a scalar field using a numerical approximation to the partial derivatives.
University of British Columbia
Living Mathematics Project: The Flow of Vector Fields
This site provides an interactive graphic representation of the flow of vectors under different coordinates.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Riding the Waves
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the idea of vector fields. While no "formal math" is done in this lesson, students will learn to follow a vector field both forward and backward to see...
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Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Force Field [Pdf]
The practice exercise investigates force fields, closed curves, and work. The resource consists of an enlarged printable version of a force field available in PDF format.