3.3 Thinking in models

Example: Free fall

Course element	Work	Learning activity
Orientation Context and target	Determination, together with the students, of which problem or question is central, what is already known about it, and of what plan is going to be carried out	Class discussion

The students' assignment is to design a model for the free fall of an object of mass m subject to gravity

$$F_{\text{z}}=m\cdot g$$

for the purpose of

It is discussed with students why this simple example is the basis for modelling problem situations in which also forces other than the gravitational force play a role.¹