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Oldaker, Bruce – Physics Teacher, 2007
The United States Association for Young Physicists Tournaments (USAYPT) held its annual February Tournaments on Feb. 9-10, 2007, at the North Carolina School for Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC. Young physicists' tournaments are theoretical and experimental research-based team competitions described more fully at the USAYPT website:…
Descriptors: Physics, Competition, Scientific Research, Teamwork
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Vondracek, Mark – Physics Teacher, 2007
There are many schools (grades K-12) around the country that offer some sort of science research option for students to pursue. Often this option is a local science fair, where students do smaller projects that are then presented at poster sessions. Many times the top local projects can advance to some type of regional and, possibly, state science…
Descriptors: High Schools, Physics, Science Fairs, College Science
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Buldyrev, Sergey V.; And Others – Physics Teacher, 1994
Describes a research program in which high school students act as individual investigators on scientific projects. Probes how to better introduce current scientific research topics and methodologies into the classroom. Provides an example using fractals. (MVL)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Fractals, Physics, Science Education
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Thompson, Richard J., Jr. – Physics Teacher, 1999
Describes a short undergraduate course built entirely around a research trip to an astronomical observatory. (WRM)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Observation
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Varlashkin, Paul G.; And Others – Physics Teacher, 1978
Describes a six-week summer science institute for providing secondary students with research experience conducted at East Carolina University. (SL)
Descriptors: Institutes (Training Programs), Physics, Research, Science Education