A FIRST Encouter with Physics

[rickross]

Originally Posted by pfreivald

Vocabulary is *key* when writing a textbook that you want to be transparent to students. I suggest that you (literally) give the chapters to a convenient seventh or eighth grader who is rather average in their overall science/technology background, and ask them to highlight/ask about any words they do not know. Make a glossary including those words, plus any others you might think prudent (like 'stall' in the concept of a motor).

If the intent is to publish this as a .pdf file, then make all vocabulary works linkable to the glossary.

Hi Patrick, I LOVE the idea of a glossary for the many terms we use in FIRST and robotics. We're planning to add a "glossary" module to the OSQA online question-and-answer system we're building that powers RoboFAQs.com, so it would be excellent to have your input and involvement when you make some progress organizing the terms and definitions. Good luck!

Rick