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What is Touch? Instructional VideoWhat is Touch? Instructional Video
Publisher
MinutePhysics
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
2:19
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Duration
10 mins
Instructional Strategy
Direct Instruction
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Year
2012
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Instructional Video

What is Touch?

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Share a touching moment with your physics class! Discover the nature of touch in an animated video. Scholars learn what actually happens at the subatomic level when they sit in a chair. The narrator also examines the relationship between touch and contact.

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Concepts

electrons, quantum mechanics, orbitals, repelling, subatomic particles

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • The video makes a great side note during a quantum mechanics lesson
  • Use the resource in chemistry class to reinforce the nature of electrons in orbitals and quantum numbers

Classroom Considerations

  • Learners should have prior knowledge of electron spin
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • The topic brings an a-ha moment to the topic of touch, which is generally looked at as a function of sensory nerves and skin
  • The resource helps physics scholars link prior knowledge of quantum numbers from chemistry class to new learning in the realm of quantum mechanics

Cons

  • None

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