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Volume 38, Issue 3
March 2000
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ISSN 0031-921X
EISSN 1943-4928

Letters to the Editor

Porosity is not permeability
Raymond H. Hahn
Phys. Teach. 38, 132 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880468
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Tooth toons
John F. Koser
Phys. Teach. 38, 132 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880469
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Why “s”?
Donald H. Bell
Phys. Teach. 38, 132–133 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880470
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Another radioactivity experiment reference
Clifford E. Swartz
Phys. Teach. 38, 133 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1542577
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Another source of “s”
Hans Axel Mårtensson
Phys. Teach. 38, 133 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880471
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It’s Latin to us
Albert Jaros
Phys. Teach. 38, 133 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880472
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Corrections

Correction: “The physics of soaring” [Phys. Teach. 38(1) 8 (2000)]
Ken W. Ford
Phys. Teach. 38, 133 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1542578
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Editorial

Buzzwords and newspeak
Clifford E. Swartz
Phys. Teach. 38, 134 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880473
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Notes

The minilab as a tool in physics instruction
Eugenia Etkina; George K. Horton
Phys. Teach. 38, 136–138 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880474
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Equivalent mass of a coil spring
Lawrence Ruby
Phys. Teach. 38, 140–141 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880475
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Kinematics of the long jump
Ajun Tan; John Zumerchik
Phys. Teach. 38, 147–149 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880478
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g-whizz
John A. McClelland
Phys. Teach. 38, 150 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880479
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Demonstrating the relationship between the energy and frequency of light
Adolf Cortel
Phys. Teach. 38, 152 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880480
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A consistent sign convention for work
William H. Ingham
Phys. Teach. 38, 160–161 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880483
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Instability of oscillations in an electrostatic potential
Ding-wei Huang; Wei-neng Huang; Hsiang-chi Tseng
Phys. Teach. 38, 162–164 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880484
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Interactive worksheets in large introductory physics courses
Diandra L. Leslie-Pelecky
Phys. Teach. 38, 165–167 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880485
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Demonstrating the Meissner effect and persistent current
Ronald Brown
Phys. Teach. 38, 168–169 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880486
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Magnification ratio and the lens equations
Robert W. Lawrence
Phys. Teach. 38, 170–171 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880487
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The speed of light with a shortwave radio
John E. Beaver
Phys. Teach. 38, 172–174 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880488
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Computer-based experiments to measure RC
Francis X. Hart
Phys. Teach. 38, 176–177 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880495
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Magnetic therapy in physics?
Gail S. Welsh
Phys. Teach. 38, 181–182 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880490
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Resistance of wheels rolling over obstacles
Joseph A. Hauger
Phys. Teach. 38, 183–184 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880491
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Good odd days
Boris Korsunsky
Phys. Teach. 38, 186–188 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880492
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Exploration center for large introductory physics courses
Chandralekha Singh
Phys. Teach. 38, 189–190 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880493
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Apparatus for Teaching Physics

Herschel’s interference demonstration
Benjamin S. Perkalskis; J. Reuben Freeman
Phys. Teach. 38, 142 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880476
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The make-it-yourself drop-tower microgravity demonstrator
Jeffrey C. LaCombe; Matthew B. Koss
Phys. Teach. 38, 143–146 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880477
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Articles

Dynamic electric field maps of point charge moving with constant velocity
Oleg D. Jefimenko
Phys. Teach. 38, 154–157 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880481
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Physics Olympics

Mousetrap racing car
Karen Bouffard
Phys. Teach. 38, 158 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880482
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Figuring Physics

Why is a sofa more comfortable?
Paul Hewitt
Phys. Teach. 38, 175 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1528655
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AstroNotes

How big is the Moon?
Michael C. Lo Presto
Phys. Teach. 38, 179–180 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880489
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Physics Trick of the Month

Knock off the match
Martin Gardner
Phys. Teach. 38, 191 (2000) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.880494
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A “Perpetual Motion Machine” Powered by Electromagnetism
Hollis Williams
A simple method to estimate Q for a damped oscillation
Rod Cross
Values Reflected in Energy-Related Physics Concepts
Kara E. Gray, Rachel E. Scherr
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