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<\/p>\nAre you new to teaching or an experience educator? When I got hired at Mass Bay Community College, the engineering dean said, “You are assigned four courses. You can teach anything – right?\u00a0 Class starts in 1 week.”\u00a0 Of course I said yes, and for the first semester, I had a lot to learn about teaching.<\/p>\n
I developed skills over 10 years of teaching Physics, Calculus, Differential Equations, Computer Science, Engineering Mechanics (statics, dynamics, strength of materials), Computer Science, and Engineering Design – while I designed and built a CAD Certificate program.\u00a0 I dove into SOLIDWORKS to find relevant lessons to strengthen student’s math skills and used computer graphics to help them understand the physical meaning of results.<\/p>\n
My first exploration included SOLIDWORKS Mass Properties and Section Properties under the Evaluate Tab for my math classes.\u00a0 How many students fail to understand units, surface area, center of mass from a algebra or calculus based example and tie numbers to something physical?\u00a0 Soon I would find SOLIDWORKS Simulation and my love with “Fun with Physics” began.<\/p>\n
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The SOLIDWORKS Education Edition provides SOLIDWORKS Simulation Applications and Add-Ins with examples to reinforce classroom theory and develop relevant job skills, no matter what grade level you teach. All you have to do is “turn on” additional Add-Ins to find examples across all engineering disciples, including physics and mathematics.<\/p>\n