The Physics Teacher

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  Año 2012, Vol. 50, Número 6

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    • Why do they keep thinking that (wrong) way?

      Ken Rideout

      pág. 326

      

    • Getting almost everything right

      Albert A. Bartlett

      pág. 326

      

    • Algebraic length, area, and volume

      T. Toepker

      pág. 326

      

    • Addendum; M. Moinester, L. Gerland, G. Liger-Belair, and A. Ocherashvili, �Fizz-ball Fizzics,� Phys. Teach. 50, 284�287 (May 2012)

      pág. 327

      

  • GUEST EDITORIAL

    • Could Physics Majors Disappear?

      Jill Marshall

      pág. 328

      

  • FIGURING PHYSICS

    • RED SUNSET

      Paul Hewitt

      pág. 330

      

  • PAPERS

    • The Higgs Boson: Is the End in Sight?

      Don Lincoln

      • Resumen

      pág. 332

      

    • Changes Coming to the International System of Units

      Gordon Aubrecht

      • Resumen

      pág. 338

      

    • Lenz's Law Demonstration Using an Ultrasound Position Sensor

      Petru S. Fodor, Tara Peppard

      • Resumen

      pág. 344

      

    • Modeling Electricity: Model-Based Inquiry with Demonstrations and Investigations

      Todd Campbell, Drew Neilson

      pág. 347

      

    • Speed of Sound Versus Temperature Using PVC Pipes Open at Both Ends

      M.E. Bacon

      • Resumen

      pág. 351

      

    • Fukushima Daiichi Accident and Its Radiological Impact on the Environment

      Joseph John Bevelacqua

      • Resumen

      pág. 354

      

    • Counterintuitive Behavior in Mechanical Networks

      Sarah Peters, Mark Vondracek

      • Resumen

      pág. 359

      

    • Photo of the Month

      pág. 362

      

    • Human Subjects Research and the Physics Classroom

      Beth W. Kubitskey, Marshall Thomsen

      pág. 363

      

    • Falling PC Solitaire Cards: An Open-Inquiry Approach

      Wilson J. González Espada

      • Resumen

      pág. 365

      

    • Student Misconceptions and the Conservation of Energy

      Peter Froehle, Charles Miller

      • Resumen

      pág. 367

      

    • Sympathetic Resonance: A New Use for an Old Demonstration

      Thomas B. Greenslade Jr.

      • Resumen

      pág. 369

      

  • APPARATUS FOR TEACHING PHYSICS

    • Measuring the axial magnetic field of a thin coil

      Erlend H. Graf

      • Resumen

      pág. 370

      

    • Magnetic field sensor

      Nicolás Silva

      • Resumen

      pág. 370

      

  • YOUTUBE PHYSICS

    • YouTube Physics

      Diane Riendeau

      • Resumen

      pág. 371

      

  • PHYSICS CHALLENGE FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

    • A futile chase

      Boris Korsunsky

      pág. 374

      

  • TRICK OF THE TRADE

    • BIG Physics

      Robert Uccelli

      pág. 376

      

  • LITTLE GEMS

    • Fun with fluorescence in olive oil

      Gordon R. Gore

      pág. 377

      

  • FOR THE NEW TEACHER

    • Information fluency: Where to start

      Patricia T. Viele

      • Resumen

      pág. 379

      

  • FERMI QUESTIONS

    • Fermi Questions

      Larry Weinstein

      pág. 380

      

  • WEBSIGHTS

    • Physics story of the year 2012; Higgs boson mass sorted by CERN

      Dan MacIsaac

      pág. 381

      

    • Physics blogs, TEDx talks, and presidential teaching awards

      Dan MacIsaac

      pág. 381

      

    • NB Clearn's Science of the Summer Olympics

      Dan MacIsaac

      pág. 381

      

  • BOOK REVIEWS

    • The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe: Theodore Gray, Theodore Gray's Elements Vault: Treasures of the Periodic Table with Removable Archival Documents and Real Element Samples � Including Pure Gold!: Simon Quellen

      John Hubisz

      pág. 382