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Volume 57, Issue 2

February 2019

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ISSN 0031-921X

EISSN 1943-4928

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
FIGURING PHYSICS
PAPERS
PHYSICS CHALLENGES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
IPHYSICSLABS
ASTRONOTES
LITTLE GEMS
FERMI QUESTIONS
TALKIN’ PHYSICS
AND THE SURVEY SAYS…
WEBSIGHTS
VISUAL PHYSICS

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Comment on “Using Flight-Time to Contextualize Radiological Dose”

SMJ Mortazavi; Joseph John Bevelacqua

Phys. Teach. 57, 67 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088458

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Stahmer’s response

Ulf Stahmer

Phys. Teach. 57, 67 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088459

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FIGURING PHYSICS

TUG OF WAR

Paul Hewitt

Phys. Teach. 57, 68 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088460

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Answer to January 2019 Figuring Physics

Paul Hewitt

Phys. Teach. 57, 116 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088476

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Answer to February 2019 Figuring Physics

Paul Hewitt

Phys. Teach. 57, A68 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088457

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PAPERS

Atlatl Internal Ballistics

Mark Denny

Phys. Teach. 57, 69–72 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088461

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Physics of the PhiTOP^®

Kenneth Brecher; Rod Cross

Phys. Teach. 57, 74–75 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088462

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The Problem with Some Problems

David Kagan; Eric Ayars; David Brookes

Phys. Teach. 57, 76–77 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088463

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Speaking of E&M

Kasey Wagoner; Daniel Flanagan

Phys. Teach. 57, 78–79 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088464

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An Intuitive Approach to Cosmic Horizons

Adam Neat

Phys. Teach. 57, 80–85 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088465

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Newton’s Second Law to Go

Ole Anton Haugland

Phys. Teach. 57, 86–87 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088466

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Feeling Newton’s Second Law

Vincent P. Coletta; Josh Bernardin; Daniel Pascoe; Anatol Hoemke

Phys. Teach. 57, 88–90 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088467

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Boosting Student Vocabulary

Michael A. Day

Phys. Teach. 57, 91–93 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088468

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Making Physics Courses Accessible for Blind Students: Strategies for Course Administration, Class Meetings, and Course Materials

Megan Holt; Daniel Gillen; Sacha D. Nandlall; Kevin Setter; Paul Thorman; Suzanne Amador Kane; Christa Hixson Miller; Chelsea Cook; Cary Supalo

Phys. Teach. 57, 94–98 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088469

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Designing a Bulb to Teach Electric Circuits to Visually Impaired Students

Betül Okcu; Mustafa Sozbilir

Phys. Teach. 57, 99–101 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088470

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Electromagnetic Induction and Lenz’s Law Revisited

F. Behroozi

Phys. Teach. 57, 102–104 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088471

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Investigating Torricelli’s Law (and More) with a 19th-Century Bottle

Laura Pavesi

Phys. Teach. 57, 106–108 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088472

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Combining Active Learning Techniques and Service Learning in a Section of Physics I with Calculus Course

Joseph Jude Trout; Casey Murphy; Morgan Vukicevich

Phys. Teach. 57, 109–111 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088473

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Simple Time-of-Flight Measurement of the Speed of Sound Using Smartphones

Sebastian Staacks; Simon Hütz; Heidrun Heinke; Christoph Stampfer

Phys. Teach. 57, 112–113 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088474

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Determining the Speed of Sound as a Function of Temperature Using Arduino

Marcelo Dumas Hahn; Frederico Alan de Oliveira Cruz; Paulo Simeão Carvalho

Phys. Teach. 57, 114–115 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088475

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PHYSICS CHALLENGES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

Performance under pressure

Boris Korsunsky

Phys. Teach. 57, 117 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088477

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Solution to the December, 2018 Challenge Plane and simple

Phys. Teach. 57, A117–A124 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088455

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IPHYSICSLABS

Use smartphones to measure Brewster’s angle

Chun-Ming Chiang; Han-Yang Cheng

Phys. Teach. 57, 118–119 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088478

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ASTRONOTES

Farmer’s almanacs in Introductory Astronomy I: 10² questions for inquiry and investigation

Joe Heafner

Phys. Teach. 57, 120–121 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088479

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LITTLE GEMS

Revisiting the interrupted pendulum with large data sets

Bob Froehlich

Phys. Teach. 57, 122–123 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088480

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FERMI QUESTIONS

Question 1: Driving rain; Question 2: Cooking off ammo

Larry Weinstein

Phys. Teach. 57, 123 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088481

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Solutions for Fermi Questions, February 2019: Question 1: Driving rain; Question 2: Cooking off Ammo

Larry Weinstein

Phys. Teach. 57, A123–A124 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088456

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TALKIN’ PHYSICS

Resurrection of the Physics Alliance at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Stanley Sobolewski

Phys. Teach. 57, 124–125 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088482

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AND THE SURVEY SAYS…

Careers toolbox

Susan C. White

Phys. Teach. 57, 125 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088483

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WEBSIGHTS

U.S. government releases Charting a Course for Success: America’s Strategy for STEM Education, report guiding federal agencies that offer STEM funding opportunities

Dan MacIsaac

Phys. Teach. 57, 126 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088484

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Ultimate Women in Science Reading List, Contributions of 20th-century women to physics, and must have resources for equitable STEM classrooms

Dan MacIsaac

Phys. Teach. 57, 126 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088485

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NYT virtual tour of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

Dan MacIsaac

Phys. Teach. 57, 126 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088486

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MIT ion powered glider grabs attention

Dan MacIsaac

Phys. Teach. 57, 126 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088487

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VISUAL PHYSICS

Grand Prismatic Spring

Jean Zheng

Phys. Teach. 57, 128 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5088488

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