How can I incorporate physics jeopardy prompts into my teaching for forces?

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The discussion centers on a 1999 article from the American Journal of Physics that introduces a teaching method involving mathematical prompts related to forces. The original poster notes that their school's textbook incorporates this approach in problem sets and seeks a collection of similar prompts for classroom use. While acknowledging the option to create their own prompts, they express a preference for existing resources to save time. A suggestion is made to explore teacherspayteachers.com for relevant materials, although the user finds that available resources, like a "physics jeopardy," do not align with the specific prompting method discussed in the article. The focus remains on the effectiveness of using mathematical formulations to engage students in generating related questions.
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I came across an '99 American Journal of Physics article here and like the idea presented. I've noticed the book my school bought employs this method in its problems sets at times. I am looking for a collection of prompts to use with this teaching method, specifically for forces.

And yes, of course I could write my own, but that takes time. I was hoping someone might have an experienced collection. I just think these would be great for review. Thanks.
 
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Check out a website like teacherspayteachers.com. They might have some for sale there.
 
Cool site, thanks. They had a "physics jeopardy" but not the same kind of thing from the journal article. The article is about prompting students with certain mathematical formulations such as

F(normal) - (60kg)(9.8m/s^2) = 0

Then having students pose a related question.
 
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