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Volume 41, Issue 7

October 2003

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ISSN 0031-921X

EISSN 1943-4928

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
EDITORIAL
FIGURING PHYSICS
PAPERS
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

FIGURING PHYSIC$

Daniel Conrad

Phys. Teach. 41, 380 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616471

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Additional Reference

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.

Phys. Teach. 41, 380 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616472

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Alternative Conceptions Versus Intuitive Rules

David R. Rowland

Phys. Teach. 41, 380 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616473

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Sundials and Compasses

David P. Stern

Phys. Teach. 41, 380 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616474

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EDITORIAL

More or Less

Karl C. Mamola

Phys. Teach. 41, 382–383 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616475

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FIGURING PHYSICS

Submerged Teabag

Paul Hewitt

Phys. Teach. 41, 384 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616476

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PAPERS

Fractals in the Classroom

Paul Knutson; E. Dan Dahlberg

Phys. Teach. 41, 387–389 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616477

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Rectangles in Physics

Kevork Spartalian

Phys. Teach. 41, 390–393 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616478

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Teaching Measurement in the Introductory Physics Laboratory

Saalih Allie; Andy Buffler; Bob Campbell; Fred Lubben; Dimitris Evangelinos; Dimitris Psillos; Odysseas Valassiades

Phys. Teach. 41, 394–401 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616479

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System Schemas

Lou Turner

Phys. Teach. 41, 404–408 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616480

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Shedding Light on the Candela

Nathaniel R. Greene

Phys. Teach. 41, 409–414 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616481

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Gravitational Force Due to a Sphere: A Noncalculus Calculation

Lawrence Ruby

Phys. Teach. 41, 416–418 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616482

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Physics Was Once First and Was Once for All

Keith Sheppard; Dennis M. Robbins

Phys. Teach. 41, 420–424 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616483

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A Demonstration Seasonal “Thermocline”

Richard M. Heavers; Tara E. Bayly

Phys. Teach. 41, 425–429 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616484

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Projectile Motion Model

Sean Cordry

Phys. Teach. 41, 430–431 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616485

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APPARATUS FOR TEACHING PHYSICS

Hidden Amplifier for a Galvanometer

Frank Weichman

Phys. Teach. 41, 433 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616486

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TRICK OF THE TRADE

Reversing Compass Needles

Frank Norton

Phys. Teach. 41, 434 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616487

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FROM OUR FILES

The straight-line kinematics of a student, a fun demonstration [Phys. Teach. 15, 237 (April 1977)]

G. Stroink; E. Guptill; R. March

Phys. Teach. 41, 435 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616488

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PHYSICS CHALLENGES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

The Start Wars

Boris Korsunsky

Phys. Teach. 41, 436 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616489

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Vanishing Friction

Boris Korsunsky

Phys. Teach. 41, 436 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616490

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Tour de Force

Boris Korsunsky

Phys. Teach. 41, 436 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616491

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FOR THE NEW TEACHER

When Is a Good Day Teaching a Bad Thing?

Timothy F. Slater

Phys. Teach. 41, 437 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616492

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WEBSIGHTS

Virtual Radiation Museum, http://www.medphysics.wisc.edu/∼vrm/

John R. Cameron

Phys. Teach. 41, 439 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616493

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International Research Group on Physics Teaching (GIREP) official website, http://www.pef.uni-lj.si/∼girep/

Ingrid Novodvorsky

Phys. Teach. 41, 439 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616494

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Physics Central, http://www.physicscentral.com

Andre Graham

Phys. Teach. 41, 439 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616495

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BOOK REVIEWS

**Reflections on the Looking Glass — Mirror, Mirror: A History of the Human Love Affair with Reflection,** by Mark Pendergrast

Chris Chiaverina

Phys. Teach. 41, 440 (2003) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1616496

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