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Volume 48, Issue 4

April 2010

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ISSN 0031-921X

EISSN 1943-4928

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
GUEST EDITORIAL
FIGURING PHYSICS
PAPERS
APPARATUS FOR TEACHING PHYSICS
FERMI QUESTIONS
PHYSICS CHALLENGES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
YOUTUBE PHYSICS
FOR THE NEW TEACHER
LITTLE GEMS
WEBSIGHTS
BOOK REVIEWS

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Second chances for students

Jay M. Pasachoff

Phys. Teach. 48, 212 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361979

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Authors' response

Charles Henderson; Kathleen Harper

Phys. Teach. 48, 212 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361980

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A comment regarding the Coriolis effect

N. Gauthier

Phys. Teach. 48, 212 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361981

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Hewitt's response

Paul G. Hewitt

Phys. Teach. 48, 212–213 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361982

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GUEST EDITORIAL

A physics teacher goes to Washington

Brian A. Pyper

Phys. Teach. 48, 214 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361983

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FIGURING PHYSICS

POLAROIDS

Paul Hewitt

Phys. Teach. 48, 216 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361984

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PAPERS

Teaching the Fundamentals of Cell Phones and Wireless Communications

Mark Davids; Rick Forrest; Don Pata

Phys. Teach. 48, 217–221 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361985

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Bola Motion

Thomas McCarthy

Phys. Teach. 48, 222–224 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361986

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Teaching Physics Using PhET Simulations

C. E. Wieman; W. K. Adams; P. Loeblein; K. K. Perkins

Phys. Teach. 48, 225–227 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361987

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Women and Men of the Manhattan Project

Jill Marshall; Caroline Herzenberg; Ruth Howes; Ellen Weaver; Dorothy Gans

Phys. Teach. 48, 228–232 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361988

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Determination of the Specific Heat Ratio of a Gas in a Plastic Syringe

Jeff Chamberlain

Phys. Teach. 48, 233–235 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361989

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Assessment of a Solar System Walk

Michael C. LoPresto; Steven R. Murrell; Brian Kirchner

Phys. Teach. 48, 236–239 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361990

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Reflection by Porro Prisms

Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr.

Phys. Teach. 48, 240 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361991

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Battleship Buoyancy

J. Patrick Dishaw

Phys. Teach. 48, 242 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361992

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Modeling the Motion of an Increasing Mass System

William Kunkel; Randal Harrington

Phys. Teach. 48, 243–245 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361993

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The Role of Sign in Students' Modeling of Scalar Equations

Kate Hayes; Michael C. Wittmann

Phys. Teach. 48, 246–249 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361994

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What Is the Best Launch Angle To Hit a Home Run?

David Kagan

Phys. Teach. 48, 250 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361995

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Need a Classroom Stimulus? Introduce Radio Astronomy

Samuel Derman

Phys. Teach. 48, 251–255 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361996

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Can We Trace Arbitrary Rays To Locate an Image Formed by a Thin Lens?

Decha Suppapittayaporn; Bhinyo Panijpan; Narumon Emarat

Phys. Teach. 48, 256–257 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361997

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Getting Rid of Gravity — Alternative Ways of Looking at Trajectories

Peter W. Dion; Anthony M. H. Ho

Phys. Teach. 48, 258–260 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361998

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Instantaneous Velocity Using Photogate Timers

John Wolbeck

Phys. Teach. 48, 262–263 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3361999

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APPARATUS FOR TEACHING PHYSICS

An apparatus to simulate an amusement park rotor

Carlos Saraiva

Phys. Teach. 48, 265–266 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3362000

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FERMI QUESTIONS

Fermi Questions

Larry Weinstein

Phys. Teach. 48, 266 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3362001

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Supplementary Material

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PHYSICS CHALLENGES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

Cat's Cradle

Boris Korsunsky

Phys. Teach. 48, 267 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3362002

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Supplementary Material

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YOUTUBE PHYSICS

Project YouTube

Diane Riendeau

Phys. Teach. 48, 268 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3362003

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FOR THE NEW TEACHER

Misconceptions as necessary stepping stones

Patricia Blanton

Phys. Teach. 48, 269 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3362004

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LITTLE GEMS

Playing with refraction

G. Calzà; T. López‐Arias; L. M. Gratton; S. Oss

Phys. Teach. 48, 270 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3362005

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WEBSIGHTS

Teaching Physics with personal response systems or “clickers”

Dan MacIsaac

Phys. Teach. 48, 271 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3362006

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Einstein‐Online, a website about Einstein's theories of relativity, http://www.einstein‐online.info/

Stephanie Chasteen

Phys. Teach. 48, 271 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3362007

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NASA rocket disrupts a Sun dog, apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100223.html

Brittni Barr

Phys. Teach. 48, 271 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3362008

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“Science Bag” from University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, www4.uwm.edu/letsci/sciencebag/videos/phys.cfm

Chris Chiaverina

Phys. Teach. 48, 271 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3362009

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BOOK REVIEWS

A Great Find! Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes: Alan Hirshfeld

John Boeder

Phys. Teach. 48, 272 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3362011

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MicroReviews by the Book Review Editor: Study Skills: A Student Survival Guide: Kathryn L. Allen

John L. Hubisz

Phys. Teach. 48, 272 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3362012

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MicroReviews by the Book Review Editor: Walking Zero: Discovering Cosmic Space and Time along the Prime Meridian: Chet Raymo

John L. Hubisz

Phys. Teach. 48, 272 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3362013

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MicroReviews by the Book Review Editor: Electricity and Magnetism: A Historical Perspective: Brian Baigrie

John L. Hubisz

Phys. Teach. 48, 272 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3362014

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