by Anders Lehmann for
The talk is about the experiences I have had with using iPython’s excellent Notebook to teach physics to first year engineering students. The iPython Notebook enables an engaging and interactive form of teaching. Engineering students sometimes find the physical concepts being taught to be very abstract and challenging. By using the Notebook to interactively visualize the concepts helps in improving the understanding for the students. As an added benefit the students acquire a basic understanding of Python, NumPy and Matplotlib.
In the talk I will show a number of examples of how to use the notebook system in the classroom.
