Experiences

Application of the rule of the parallelogram on the inclined plane.

SAE

Italy

High Secondary School

Physics

Laboratory

Success

The experience that I have successfully passed and I decided to write concerns the application of the “rule of the parallelogram” on the inclined plane.
The main reasons for this success are:
1) A simple and clear explanation by the professor of physics laboratory; he wrote on the blackboard useful information that we transcribed and that were essential for the report we delivered to him.
2) The experience of working in groups, where the professor gave us the necessary materials: the inclined plane, a metal base with a weight support, a rod and a dynamometer. In groups, we carried out the measures, and we have understood more easily the subject.
The “strengths” are:
- Team work: in this way we helped one another and we have found the answers to the questions that each one of us had;
- The participation of the teacher in classroom, in fact, he monitored us gave us explanations.
In conclusion, the fact of having the experience in a “concrete way”, that isn’t just studying books, has facilitated learning difficulties and helped us to understand.