The Physics Teacher

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  Año 2013, Vol. 51, Número 7

  • FIGURING PHYSICS

    • Skidding distance

      Paul Hewitt

      pág. 392

      

  • PAPERS

    • On the g/2 acceleration of a pulse in a vertical chain

      Theodore Foster, Willem van Wyngaarden, Arthur Cary, John Mottmann

      • Resumen

      pág. 394

      

    • How to use a candle to study sound waves

      P. Simeao Carvalho, E. Briosa, M. Rodrigues, C. Pereira, M. Ataíde

      • Resumen

      pág. 398

      

    • Is there a maximum size of water drops in Nature?

      Michael Vollmer, Klaus-Peter Mollmann

      • Resumen

      pág. 400

      

    • And the survey says...

      Susan C. White

      • Resumen

      pág. 402

      

    • Circuits in the sun: solar panel Physics

      Tim Gfroerer

      • Resumen

      pág. 403

      

    • Big pile or small pile?

      Mario Branca, Rossana G. Quidacciolu, Isabella Soletta

      • Resumen

      pág. 406

      

    • Vacuum energy and inflation: 2. A vacuum energy universe

      Elisha Huggins

      • Resumen

      pág. 408

      

    • Mass, speed, direction: John Buridan's 14th-century concept of momentum

      Christopher M. Graney

      • Resumen

      pág. 411

      

    • What is the half-life of basketball teams?

      Zdeslav Hrepic

      • Resumen

      pág. 415

      

    • Segmented hoop as a physical pendulum

      William Layton, Nuria Rodríguez

      • Resumen

      pág. 418

      

    • Quadrant to measure the sun's altitude

      Windsor A. Morgan, Jr.

      • Resumen

      pág. 420

      

    • Tracking the career paths of Physics teachers in Texas

      Jennifer Mount, Jill Marshall, Edward Fuller

      • Resumen

      pág. 422

      

    • Computer supported collaborative rocketry: teaching students to distinguish good and bad data like expert physicists

      Matthew D'Alessio, Loraine Lundquist

      • Resumen

      pág. 424

      

    • Little green man Physics

      Jack Higbie

      • Resumen

      pág. 427

      

    • Galilean Moons, Kepler's Third Law, and the mass of Jupiter

      Alan Bates

      • Resumen

      pág. 428

      

    • A progression ofstatic equilibrium laboratory exercises

      Mickey Kutzner, Andrew Kutzner

      • Resumen

      pág. 430

      

    • Variations on the Zilch cycle

      P. M. Binder, C.K.S. Tanoue

      • Resumen

      pág. 434

      

    • Erie canal technology: stump pullers

      Thomas B. Greenslade Jr.

      • Resumen

      pág. 437

      

  • YOUTUBE PHYSICS

    • Keep them guessing

      Diane Riendeau

      • Resumen

      pág. 438

      

  • LITTLE GEMS

    • Hair dryers, electric drills, and battery-powered toy cars as microphones and loudspeakers

      Chris Chiaverina

      pág. 439

      

  • IPHYSICSLABS

    • Color reproduction with a smartphone

      Lars-Jochen Thoms, Giuseppe Colicchia, Raimund Girwidz

      • Resumen

      pág. 440

      

  • FOR THE NEW TEACHER

    • Hook your students!

      John W. Jewett Jr.

      pág. 442

      

  • FERMI QUESTIONS

    • The October spiral

      Boris Korsunsky

      pág. 444

      

    • Fermi questions

      Larry Weinstein

      pág. 444

      

  • FIGURING PHYSICS

    • Figuring Physics

      Paul Hewitt

      pág. 445

      

  • WEBSIGHTS

    • Smart phone accelerometer from Bill Hammack, EngineerGuy.com tinyurl.com/WS-cellacc; www.engineerguy.com/

      Dan MacIsaac

      pág. 446

      

    • GlowScript applets by Bruce Sherwood and other matter and interactions resources www.glowscript.org/#/user/Bruce_Sherwood/folder/MI/matterandinteractions.org

      Dan MacIsaac

      pág. 446

      

    • Energy conservation, energy literacy and the DoE eere.energy.gov/education/energy_literacy.html

      Dan MacIsaac

      pág. 446

      

    • A brief history of Physics from the BBC Science club gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-physics-1147115801vimeo.com/asalucander/videos

      Dan MacIsaac

      pág. 446