The Physics Teacher

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  Año 2015, Vol. 53, Número 9

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    • Angular momentum and Philae's descent

      Philip Blanco

      pág. 516

      

    • Kinematics with robot cars

      Samuel Terfa

      pág. 516

      

    • Errata

      pág. 516

      

  • FIGURING PHYSICS

    • GOING DEEP

      Paul Hewitt

      pág. 517

      

  • PAPERS

    • How Giraffes Drink

      P. M. Binder, Dale L. Taylor

      • Resumen

      pág. 518

      

    • And the Survey Says"

      Susan C. White

      • Resumen

      pág. 520

      

    • Remembering the S. S. Edmund Fitzgerald

      Gregory A. DiLisi, Richard A. Rarick

      • Resumen

      pág. 521

      

    • What We Don't Understand, We Explain to Each Other

      David Pines

      • Resumen

      pág. 526

      

    • Teaching and Learning Physics: Performance Art Evoking Insight

      Wilfried Sommer

      • Resumen

      pág. 532

      

    • My Favorite Exam Question

      Dan Styer

      • Resumen

      pág. 535

      

    • A Computer-Controlled Classroom Model of an Atomic Force Microscope

      Tyler A. Engstrom, Matthew Johnson, Peter C. Eklund, Timoty J. Russin

      • Resumen

      pág. 536

      

    • A Student-Built Scanning Tunneling Microscope

      Tom Ekkens

      • Resumen

      pág. 539

      

    • The Seven-Segment Data Logger

      Alan Bates

      • Resumen

      pág. 542

      

    • The "Chocolate Experiment" - A Demonstration of Radiation Absorption by Different Colored Surfaces

      Dennis Fung

      • Resumen

      pág. 545

      

    • Simple Model of a Rolling Water-Filled Bottle on an Inclined Ramp

      Shihao Lin, Naiwen Hu, Tianchen Yao, Charles Chu, Simona Babb, Jenna Cohen, Giana Sangiovanni, Summer Watt, Danielle Weisman, James Klep, Wojciech J. Walecki, Eve S. Walecki, Peter S. Walecki

      • Resumen

      pág. 548

      

    • The Expected but Well-Hidden EMF in the Jumping Wire Experiment and its Unexpected Role

      G. Donoso, C.L. Ladera

      • Resumen

      pág. 550

      

    • Introducing Earth's Orbital Eccentricity

      Benjamin Oostra

      • Resumen

      pág. 554

      

    • Simulating Gravity: Dark Matter and Gravitational Lensing in the Classroom

      Jes Ford, Jared Stang, Catherine Arderson

      • Resumen

      pág. 557

      

    • Pressure Change in an Arterial Constriction

      Carl E. Mungan

      • Resumen

      pág. 561

      

  • FIGURING PHYSICS

    • Answer to November 2015 Figuring Physics Question

      Paul Hewitt

      pág. 563

      

  • iPHYSICSLABS

    • Angular velocity direct measurement and moment of inertia calculation of a rigid body using a smartphone

      Matthaios Patrinopoulos, Chrysovalantis Kefalis

      • Resumen

      pág. 564

      

  • FERMI QUESTIONS

    • Dollar store lightwave communications system

      Chris Chiaverina

      pág. 566

      

    • Fermi Questions

      Larry Weinstein

      pág. 567

      

  • FOR THE NEW TEACHER

    • What I wish I had in my stockroom

      Samuel Sampere

      • Resumen

      pág. 568

      

  • ASTRONOTES

    • An experience with astronomy lab development and improving laboratory pedagogy

      Mariah Birchard, David J. sITAR

      pág. 570

      

  • PHYSICS CHALLENGE FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

    • Physics Challenge for Teachers and Students

      Boris Korsunsky

      pág. 572

      

  • WEBSIGHTS

    • Two sites on practical room acoustics: ¿Ringing Out your Room¿ and ¿10 Minutes Toward Better Sound¿

      Dan MacIsaac

      pág. 573

      

    • "The Martian": A science movie review How accurate and enjoyable is a new movie about a NASA astronaut stranded on Mars?"

      Dan MacIsaac

      pág. 573

      

    • 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to T. Kajita and A. McDonald for Neutrino Oscillations

      Dan MacIsaac

      pág. 573

      

    • Harvard Project Physics Materials all freely available online

      Dan MacIsaac

      pág. 573