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Volume 37, Issue 7
October 1999
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ISSN 0031-921X
EISSN 1943-4928

Editorial

The error of our ways
Clifford E. Swartz
Phys. Teach. 37, 388 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880327
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Articles

Student-friendly precision pendulum
Randall D. Peters
Phys. Teach. 37, 390–393 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880328
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Physics Olympics

Yale Physics Olympics, 1998
Karen Bouffard
Phys. Teach. 37, 396–397 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880329
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Notes

Visualizing displacement current—A classroom experiment
Marcos G. Rizzotto
Phys. Teach. 37, 398 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880330
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A pencil-and-tape electricity experiment
Samuel Derman; Aron Goykadosh
Phys. Teach. 37, 400–402 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880331
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Exercise your physics when flying
Oswaldo Baffa
Phys. Teach. 37, 406–407 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880332
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A radioactive tracer in medicine
Walter R. Steiger
Phys. Teach. 37, 408–409 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880333
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Measurement of aeroplane takeoff speed and cabin pressure
D. A. Wardle
Phys. Teach. 37, 410–411 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880334
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A strange behavior of friction
Rebecca Morrow; Alistair Grant; David P. Jackson
Phys. Teach. 37, 412–415 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880335
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Physics textbook illustrations
Thomas B. Greenslade
Phys. Teach. 37, 416–417 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1528616
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Curves of constant width
James A. Flaten
Phys. Teach. 37, 418–419 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880336
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The driven RLC circuit experiment
Philip Backman; Chester Murley; P. J. Williams
Phys. Teach. 37, 424–425 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880340
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Centrifugal force and friction
Roger F. Larson
Phys. Teach. 37, 426–427 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880341
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Free-body diagrams revisited—I
James E. Court
Phys. Teach. 37, 427–433 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880342
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Exercises in drawing and utilizing free-body diagrams
Kurt Fisher
Phys. Teach. 37, 434–435 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880343
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Myths about gravity and tides
Mikolaj Sawicki
Phys. Teach. 37, 438–441 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880345
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New demonstration of photoelectric effect
Chun Xiao Chen; Chang Geng Zhang
Phys. Teach. 37, 442 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880346
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Optics experiments using a laser pointer
James O’Connell
Phys. Teach. 37, 445–446 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880348
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Demonstrations of Coulomb’s law with an electronic balance
Adolf Cortel
Phys. Teach. 37, 447–448 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880349
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Book Reviews

Science Educator’s Guide to Assessment, by Rodney Doran, Fred Chan, and Pinchas Tamir
Kelley L. Holzknecht
Phys. Teach. 37, 420–421 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880337
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Nuclear Power: Villain or Victim? Our Most Misunderstood Source of Electricity, by Max W. Carbon
John L. Hubisz
Phys. Teach. 37, 421 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880338
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The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature, by Philip Ball
Craig F. Bohren
Phys. Teach. 37, 421–422 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880339
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Figuring Physics

Average speed of balls
Paul Hewitt
Phys. Teach. 37, 423 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1528617
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AstroNotes

Using role-playing exercises to teach astronomy
Paul J. Francis
Phys. Teach. 37, 436–437 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880344
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Apparatus for Teaching Physics

Ideas for a magnetic field experiment
Michael R. Molnar; Arthur J. Martin
Phys. Teach. 37, 443–444 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880347
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Physics Trick of the Month

Two drop tasks
Martin Gardner
Phys. Teach. 37, 446 (1999) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1528618
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A “Perpetual Motion Machine” Powered by Electromagnetism
Hollis Williams
Values Reflected in Energy-Related Physics Concepts
Kara E. Gray, Rachel E. Scherr
A simple method to estimate Q for a damped oscillation
Rod Cross
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