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Volume 40, Issue 4

April 2002

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ISSN 0031-921X

EISSN 1943-4928

In this Issue

Letters to the Editor
Editorial
Guest Editorial
AAPT Awards
Notes
Physics Trick of the Month
Figuring Physics
Articles
Apparatus for Teaching Physics
Trick of the Trade
From Our Files
Physics Challenges for Teachers and Students
For the New Teacher
WebSights
Book Reviews

Letters to the Editor

Comments on the Buoyant Force

Dean S. Edmonds, Jr.

Phys. Teach. 40, 196 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474127

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Pasachoff’s Points

Jay M. Pasachoff

Phys. Teach. 40, 196–198 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474128

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Further Discussion

Phil Sadler

Phys. Teach. 40, 198 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474129

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Further Discussion

Paul J. Camp

Phys. Teach. 40, 198 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474130

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Black’s Experiments and Newton’s Law of Cooling

Peter E. Liley

Phys. Teach. 40, 198–199 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474131

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Figuring Forces

Chris Waltham

Phys. Teach. 40, 199 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474132

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Editorial

Remembering a former editor

Karl Mamola

Phys. Teach. 40, 199 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474133

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Guest Editorial

Improving Science Education for All Children

Vernon Ehlers

Phys. Teach. 40, 200 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474134

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AAPT Awards

AAPT Distinguised Service Citations

Ruth Howes

Phys. Teach. 40, 202–204 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474135

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Notes

Peer Instruction: Results from a Range of Classrooms

Adam P. Fagen; Catherine H. Crouch; Eric Mazur

Phys. Teach. 40, 206–209 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474140

Abstract

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Cannon’s Recoil Against a Tree: How the Range Increases

Robert Weinstock

Phys. Teach. 40, 210–212 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474141

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Inward “Centrifugal” Force on a Helium‐Filled Balloon: An Illustrative Experiment

Vicente M. Aguilella; Antonio Alcaraz; Patricio Ramírez

Phys. Teach. 40, 214–216 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474142

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Automating Microwave Optics Experiments

Michael R. Gallis

Phys. Teach. 40, 217–219 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474143

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Unconventional Dynamo

Wojciech Dindorf

Phys. Teach. 40, 220–221 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474144

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Downhill Races

Cruse Melvin

Phys. Teach. 40, 222–225 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474145

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Using Undergraduate Students as Physics Lab Teaching Assistants

Kathleen Andre Harper; David B. May; Keith W. Oliver

Phys. Teach. 40, 226–228 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474146

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MBL Experiment in Angular Momentum

Paul Gluck

Phys. Teach. 40, 230–234 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474148

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Using the Work‐Energy Theorem with Car and Driver Website Data

Angel Luis Velázquez‐Avilés

Phys. Teach. 40, 235–237 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474149

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Acoustic Waves in Planetary Atmospheres

A. Sanchez‐Lavega

Phys. Teach. 40, 239–242 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474150

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Physics Trick of the Month

A Playing‐Card Soliton

Martin Gardner

Phys. Teach. 40, 229 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474147

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Figuring Physics

Which of these continually emits electromagnetic radiation?

Paul Hewitt

Phys. Teach. 40, 238 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1494175

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Articles

Nineteenth‐Century Measurements of the Mechanical Equivalent of Heat

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.

Phys. Teach. 40, 243–248 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474151

Abstract

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Apparatus for Teaching Physics

Another Way to Demonstrate Lenz’s Law

Chang Geng Zhang; Shi Feng Hu

Phys. Teach. 40, 249 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474152

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Trick of the Trade

Destructive Interference with a Circular Saw Blade

Burt Brody

Phys. Teach. 40, 250 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474153

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From Our Files

Graphing Henry Aaron’s home‐run output

Herbert Ringel

Phys. Teach. 40, 251 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474154

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Physics Challenges for Teachers and Students

Incapacitated!

Boris Korsunsky

Phys. Teach. 40, 253 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474155

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OHM, I!

Boris Korsunsky

Phys. Teach. 40, 253 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1543834

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V-A-R-iables

Boris Korsunsky

Phys. Teach. 40, 253 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1543835

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Answers to the January 2002 challenges

Boris Korsunsky

Phys. Teach. 40, 253 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1543836

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For the New Teacher

Prevent Burnout — Add Fuel to Your Fire

Patricia Blanton

Phys. Teach. 40, 254 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474156

Abstract

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WebSights

Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online

Andrew Graham

Phys. Teach. 40, 255 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1544311

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TeacherFocus.com

Lucy Vaysman

Phys. Teach. 40, 255 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1544312

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Fear of Physics

Tom Bensky

Phys. Teach. 40, 255 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1544313

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The Science of Science Fiction

Andrew Graham

Phys. Teach. 40, 255 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1544314

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Flinn Scientific, Inc.

Andrew Graham

Phys. Teach. 40, 255 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1544315

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NSF Guide to Programs FY2002

Andrew Graham

Phys. Teach. 40, 255 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1544316

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Book Reviews

Planetary Scientist and Jesuit Brother: Brother Astronomer, by Guy Consolmagno

William Lonc

Phys. Teach. 40, 256 (2002) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1474157

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