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Sinebar, Wijen; Abdullah, Mikrajuddin – Physics Teacher, 2018
Students have been taught that atmospheric temperature drops linearly with altitude, up to approximately 15 km. However, even after completing an undergraduate degree program, most students have only memorized such information and have never had the experience of measuring it. Students often assume that experimental tasks must involve the use of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Experiments, College Science, Measurement
Lincoln, Don – Physics Teacher, 2018
The saga of the search for the ultimate constituents of matter has long been one of finding a seemingly fundamental structure that, in turn, was found to be made of even smaller building blocks. Matter is made of molecules. Molecules are in turn made of atoms, which are themselves made of electrons and atomic nuclei. The nucleus consists of…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Molecular Structure, Science Instruction, Nuclear Physics
Hazlett, Eric; Aragoneses, Andrés – Physics Teacher, 2018
We present a versatile experimental apparatus for exploring rotational motion through the interplay between the moment of inertia, torque, and rotational kinetic energy of a wheel. The heart of this experiment uses a 3D-printed wheel along with easily accessible stock components that allow for the adjustment of the moment of inertia while keeping…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Science Equipment
Alameh, Adel – Physics Teacher, 2019
The sensation of weightlessness is common to an astronaut in a spaceship orbiting Earth and to a person aboard a freely falling elevator. This paper presents a detailed treatment of this commonality by showing that a spaceship orbiting Earth is in permanent free fall toward the planet, appropriate for use in the introductory classroom.
Descriptors: Motion, Physics, Science Instruction, Introductory Courses
Davis, C. E.; Piffer, J. L.; Cohen, M. D.; Polley, J. P. – Physics Teacher, 2019
Many physics textbooks describe the way in which a capacitor in an RC circuit charges and discharges over time. A circuit that consists of a capacitor that is connected to a voltage divider as shown in Fig. 1 is commonly addressed, but the textbooks limit the discussion to the time immediately after the switch is closed and a long time after the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Electronics, Equipment
Hughes, Ciaran; Isaacson, Joshua; Turner, Jessica; Perry, Anastasia; Sun, Ranbel – Physics Teacher, 2022
Quantum computing is a growing field at the intersection of physics and computer science. The goal of this article is to highlight a successfully trialled quantum computing course for high school students between the ages of 15 and 18 years old. This course was designed to bridge the gap between popular science articles and advanced undergraduate…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Physics, Science Instruction, Quantum Mechanics
Carroll, Ryan; Lincoln, James – Physics Teacher, 2020
The phyphox app has demonstrated itself to be useful and impressive for physics teaching. The app is free to download and has so many features that it seems it may be particularly helpful in this time of distance learning. Phyphox (pronounced to sound like "physics") works for Android and Apple phones, and there are many experiments…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Computer Software
Kapon, Shulamit; Colton, Alina – Physics Teacher, 2020
We present a model of an induction program that supports early career physics teachers as well as experienced teachers who face new challenges in their teaching of physics. The model involves personal mentorship embedded in a teachers' professional community of practice led by senior physics teachers and supported by a physics education research…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Science Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction
Binder, P.-M.; Collins, Topaz P.; Blacksmith, Kristal – Physics Teacher, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to describe a three-year limited-run offer of an energy science certificate in the University of Hawaii at Hilo campus, along with lessons learned that can be of use to other institutions considering comparable programs. Energy science is a loosely defined discipline that traditionally straddles physics and mechanical,…
Descriptors: Physics, Energy, Science Instruction, Science Curriculum
Xiong-Skiba, P.; Buckner, S.; Little, C.; Kovalskiy, A. – Physics Teacher, 2020
This paper reports our work on replacing lab report grading by post-online lab quizzes using Desire2Learn (D2L, an online course management software), specifically, how we circumvent some of the limitations imposed by D2L and the outcomes.
Descriptors: Grading, Physics, Science Tests, Computer Assisted Testing
Larnder, Chris Isaac – Physics Teacher, 2020
In a paper (posthumously) co-authored by Isaac Newton himself, the primacy of geometric notions in pedagogical expositions of centripetal acceleration has been clearly asserted. In the present paper we demonstrate how this pedagogical prerogative can inform the design of an experiment involving an accelerometer-equipped smartphone rotating…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Geometric Concepts
Stenmark, Theodore; Allen, Thomas; Widenhorn, Ralf – Physics Teacher, 2020
We present a novel activity to demonstrate the Doppler shift of a sound wave, incident at an angle, upon a moving reflector. This activity is intended for use in an introductory physics laboratory focused on preparing students for the health and medical fields. The activity is designed to simulate Doppler velocity measurements from ultrasound…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Science Laboratories, Allied Health Occupations Education
Flannery, William – Physics Teacher, 2019
This paper describes a high school or introductory university course in scientific programming that introduces the computer revolution into the physics curriculum at the beginning. In the first one-hour lecture, Euler's method is presented and used to compute a solution to the analytically unsolvable two-body problem. In the remainder of the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Secondary School Science, High Schools
Lincoln, Don; Pasero, Spencer; Thompson, Rebecca – Physics Teacher, 2019
While the majority of students that pursue a physics education learn mostly in a classroom setting, hands-on experiences can take their appreciation of physics to the next level. Summer internships offer just that, hands-on learning experiences and a taste of what a career in physics is really like. Many research-oriented institutions offer summer…
Descriptors: College Students, Science Education, Physics, Majors (Students)
Zeng, Liang; Zeng, Guang – Physics Teacher, 2021
Researchers have reported the funds of knowledge (FK) pedagogical approach effective in engaging minority students in learning. However, there are a lack of studies connecting FK to introductory college physics or physical science classes. By using examples from regional Mexican-American lived experiences at an Hispanic-serving institution located…
Descriptors: College Science, Introductory Courses, Physics, College Students