The Physics Teacher

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  Año 2017, Vol. 55, Número 2

  • Article

    • Preparing physics students for being marooned on a desert island (and not much else)

      Carl Wieman

      págs. 68-68

      

    • De-orbiting satellites revisited

      Edward Ruth

      págs. 68-69

      

  • FIGURING PHYSICS

    • Circuit current

      Paul Hewitt

      págs. 70-70

      

  • Article

    • Beyond the Point Charge: Equipotential Surfaces and Electric Fields of Various Charge Configurations

      Jeffrey A. Phillips, Jeff Sanny, David Berube, Anatol Hoemke

      • Resumen

      págs. 71-73

      

    • Electric field patterns made visible with potassium permanganate

      James Lincoln

      págs. 74-75

      

    • Uranium Glass: A Glowing Alternative to Conventional Sources of Radioactivity

      Roeland Boot

      • Resumen

      págs. 76-78

      

  • And the survey says...

    • Per PhDs & bachelor's degrees

      Susan C. White

      • Resumen

      págs. 79-79

      

  • Article

    • The Scientific Legacy of Charles Wheatstone

      Thomas B. Greenslade Jr.

      • Resumen

      págs. 80-82

      

    • Using a Cell Phone to Investigate the Skin Depth Effect in Salt Water

      John Rayner

      • Resumen

      págs. 83-86

      

    • Kitchen Physics: Lessons in Fluid Pressure and Error Analysis

      Rebeca E. Vieyra, Chrystian Vieyra

      • Resumen

      págs. 87-90

      

    • A Physical Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem

      David Treeby

      • Resumen

      págs. 92-93

      

    • Students Learning Physics While Lifting Themselves: A Simple Analysis of a Scissors Jack

      Ole Anton Haugland

      • Resumen

      págs. 94-95

      

    • The Importance of High School Physics Teachers for Female Students’ Physics Identity and Persistence

      Zahra Hazari, Eric Brewe, Renee Michelle Goertzen, Theodore Hodapp

      • Resumen

      págs. 96-99

      

    • Reaching More Students Through Thinking in Physics

      Vincent P. Coletta

      • Resumen

      págs. 100-105

      

    • Manchester’s Magiscope: An Interesting Optics Puzzle

      Rachael Lancor, Brian Lancor

      • Resumen

      págs. 106-108

      

    • A Student Diffusion Activity

      Mickey Kutzner, Bryan Pearson

      • Resumen

      págs. 109-111

      

    • How Magnus Bends the Flying Ball – Experimenting and Modeling

      V. Timková, Z. Ješková

      • Resumen

      págs. 112-114

      

    • Detecting Forward-Scattered Radio Signals from Atmospheric Meteors Using Low-Cost Software Defined Radio

      Ana Snjegota, Nicholas James Rattenbur

      • Resumen

      págs. 115-117

      

    • The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship: Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Practice

      Jeff Milbourne, Sam Wheeler

      • Resumen

      págs. 118-119

      

  • Physics Challenge for Teachers and Students

    • Think inside the Box

      Boris Korsunsky

      págs. 121-121

      

  • Article

    • A smartphone-based introductory astronomy experiment: Seasons investigation

      Jeremy Durelle, Jennifer Jones, Steven Merriman, Aurelian Balan

      • Resumen

      págs. 122-123

      

    • I love my baffling, backward, counterintuitive, overly complicated magnitudes

      Christopher Sirola

      • Resumen

      págs. 124-125