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Volume 39, Issue 5
May 2001
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ISSN 0031-921X
EISSN 1943-4928

Editorial

Reflections
Karl Mamola
Phys. Teach. 39, 260 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375456
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Letters to the Editor

Teaching physics online? An invitation to comment
James O’Connell
Phys. Teach. 39, 262 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375457
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A comment on teaching modern physics
Michael C. Lo Presto
Phys. Teach. 39, 262 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375458
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Figuring the dart gun
Robert Weinstock
Phys. Teach. 39, 262–263 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375459
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More racetrack physics
André Bellemans
Phys. Teach. 39, 263–264 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375460
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Response to Bellemans
Graeme D. Putt
Phys. Teach. 39, 264–265 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375461
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Analemma
Prabasaj Paul
Phys. Teach. 39, 265 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375462
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Figuring Physics

Equal and opposite pairs
Paul Hewitt
Phys. Teach. 39, 266 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1531950
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AAPT Awards

AAPT awards Distinguished service citations to Clarence Bakken, Richard Berg, Jack Hehn, Evelyn Patterson, and Richard Reimann
Larry Kirkpatrick
Phys. Teach. 39, 267–269 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1531951
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Notes

A note on integration of scalar products
Robert P. Bauman
Phys. Teach. 39, 270–271 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375463
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Encouragement of women physics majors at Grinnell College: A case study
Mark B. Schneider
Phys. Teach. 39, 280–282 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375465
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The shaken-soda syndrome
David Kagan
Phys. Teach. 39, 290–292 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375467
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Online homework: Does it make a difference?
Scott Bonham; Robert Beichner; Duane Deardorff
Phys. Teach. 39, 293–296 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375468
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How do you use a magnifying glass?
Erlend H. Graf
Phys. Teach. 39, 298–300 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375469
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Marloye’s harp and the thumb piano
Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.
Phys. Teach. 39, 310–312 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375472
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Articles

Surf physics
Ronald Edge
Phys. Teach. 39, 272–277 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375464
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The imagination maze
Scott Welty; Jeff Rylander
Phys. Teach. 39, 284–289 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375466
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Report on a study of middle school physical science texts
John L. Hubisz
Phys. Teach. 39, 304–309 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375471
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Apparatus for Teaching Physics

The magic magnifier
Barbara Andereck; Sherri Secrest
Phys. Teach. 39, 301–302 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375470
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Simplifying ac-current measurements
Robert Johns
Phys. Teach. 39, 314–315 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375473
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Physics Trick of the Month

Magic jigger
Martin Gardner
Phys. Teach. 39, 302 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1531952
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For the New Teacher

“You don’t know what you think until you’ve heard what you said”
Patricia Blanton
Phys. Teach. 39, 316 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375474
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WebSights

Measuring half-lives
Eric B. Norman; Ruth-Mary Larimer; Gregory Rech; Jeffrey Lee; Tholoana Leubane; Ken Zamvil
Phys. Teach. 39, 317 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375475
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How to grow your own crystals
Dwight Bartholomew
Phys. Teach. 39, 317 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1543418
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Los Alamos education resources
Andrew Graham
Phys. Teach. 39, 317 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1543419
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Martindale's: The Reference Desk
Andrew Graham
Phys. Teach. 39, 317 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1543420
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RefDesk.com
Andrew Graham
Phys. Teach. 39, 317 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1543421
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Physics Olympics

Self-playing musical instrument
Karen Bouffard
Phys. Teach. 39, 318 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375476
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Book Reviews

Atomic Fragments: A Daughter’s Questions, by Mary Palevsky
Michael A. Day
Phys. Teach. 39, 319–320 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375477
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Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide, by Dinah L. Moché
Stephen P. Reynolds
Phys. Teach. 39, 320 (2001) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1375478
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Explaining Quanta with Optical Illusions
Gianluca Li Causi
Sauntering Sauropods: The Preferred Walking Speeds of the Largest Land Animals That Ever Lived
Scott A. Lee, Justyna Slowiak
Where Is Half of the Universe?
Don Lincoln
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