Data-driven introductory student activities framed to address life context inquiries

In the introductory physics sequence taken by students preparing for futures in health professions or biological sciences at Mercy University students learn basic physics through life-context activities, primarily based on data the students have taken on their own bodies or from published research. Results using this data are used to make judgments about or provide insight into the life phenomena. Examples will be shared. Many of the activities can be found in the Community library of the Living Physics Portal dynamic repository https://www.livingphysicsportal.org/