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in Visualization and Mathematization: How Digital Tools Provide Access to Formal Physics Ideas
> The International Handbook of Physics Education Research: Special Topics
Published: March 2023
FIG. 21.2 Point-tracking the trajectory of a ball thrown vertically from a moving skateboard in Tracker. Video analysis of projectile motion using tablet computers as experimental tools. © IOP Publishing. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. (Taken from Klein et al More about this image found in Point-tracking the trajectory of a ball thrown vertically from a moving ska...
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Published: March 2023
10.1063/9780735425514_021
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2551-4
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... a moving skateboard in Tracker. Video analysis of projectile motion using tablet computers as experimental tools. © IOP Publishing. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. (Taken from Klein et al., Phys. Educ. 49 (1), 37–40 (2014). Copyright 2014 IOP Publishing). Augmented...
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Published: March 2023
10.1063/9780735425514_013
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... Elementary students paint traditional indigenous images on a ceremonial drum at Niji Mahkwa School, Canada. Pre-service physics teachers used indigenous games in the Philippines such as shato (gillidanda) and luksong baka (leapfrog) to learn about projectile motion and Newton's Second Law...
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The International Handbook of Physics Education Research: Special Topics
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Published: March 2023
10.1063/9780735425514
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2551-4
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Albert Einstein. Myth Buster: Relativity
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Published: September 2022
10.1063/9780735421721_008
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2172-1
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.... The first possibility—no need to invoke GRT—is that the Earth's gravity is attracting the light as it would any projectile. In other words, a photon acts like a particle with mass. What mass? You cannot slow down a photon to weigh it. But you could say that m = E c 2 , seemingly a bit...
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Einstein's Elevator and Other Marvels: Great Physicists and Their Achievements
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Published: September 2022
10.1063/9780735421721
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Higher-Level Thinking in Introductory Physics Courses
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Published: May 2022
10.1063/9780735424234_002
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2423-4
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...-point scale can be readily adapted to a 10-point scale by using gradations of 2 points rather than 1 point. Examples of Higher-Level Thinking Questions (Easy Examples) Example from kinematics/projectile motion (analyzing, evaluating) Question: In a forensics case, investigators determine that a victim...
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Introduction to Quantum Optics
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Published: May 2022
10.1063/9780735424517_005
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2451-7
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... accurate for describing macroscopic objects such as planetary motion and projectile motion of objects but failed miserably for determining the position and velocities/momentums of microscopic particles such as atoms and electrons. This was puzzling and took a long time to understand. Some of the problems...
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Critical Thinking in the Physics Curriculum
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Published: May 2022
10.1063/9780735424234
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Higher-Level Thinking in Liberal-Arts Science Courses
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Published: May 2022
10.1063/9780735424234_004
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2423-4
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.... Critique: This answer recognizes that greater acceleration produces greater distances during fixed time intervals. Example from projectile motion and coefficient of restitution COR (evaluating) Question: A broadcaster claims that an increase in temperature will cause a ball struck by a bat to travel...
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Classical and Quantum Optics
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Published: May 2022
10.1063/9780735424517
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Acceleration and Newton's Second Law
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Published: November 2021
10.1063/9780735423503_002
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2350-3
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... ), as discussed in later chapters. These examples all challenge the very common expectations that heavier objects will fall, roll, swing, or slide faster. Projectile motion in roller coasters Human cannonballs have been popular circus acts. The only force acting on brave human projectiles after they have left...
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Physics for the Whole Body in Playgrounds and Amusement Parks
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Published: November 2021
10.1063/9780735423503
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2350-3
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Cliff's Nodes with Appreciations
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Published: October 2021
10.1063/9780735423756
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2375-6
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Interaction of a projectile with an infinitely massive target at rest. Proj...
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FIG. 2.7 Interaction of a projectile with an infinitely massive target at rest. Projectile and target have the same sign charge. More about this image found in Interaction of a projectile with an infinitely massive target at rest. Proj...
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Scattering of a projectile of mass m1 and charge Z1e ...
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in Interactions of Charged Particles: Elastic Coulomb Scattering
> The Physics of Radiation Dosimetry
Published: September 2020
FIG. 3.2 Scattering of a projectile of mass m1 and charge Z1e by a target of mass m2 ≫ m1 and charge Z2e. The target remains stationary. More about this image found in Scattering of a projectile of mass m1 and charge Z1e ...
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Frontmatter
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Published: December 2020
10.1063/9780735422179_frontmatter
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2217-9
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... teaching, he loved his students, and he loved physics. With a twinkle in his eye, he would share that he had taught Kobe Bryant about projectile motion. His lessons were always clear, correct, and often wrapped in a bit of humor. To share his experience and knowledge, Carl got us involved in traveling...
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in Interactions of Charged Particles: Elastic Coulomb Scattering
> The Physics of Radiation Dosimetry
Published: September 2020
FIG. 3.1 Scattering of two particles in the lab frame. θ1 is the scattering angle of the projectile; θ2 is the scattering angle of the target. More about this image found in Scattering of two particles in the lab frame. θ1 is the scatteri...
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Screened and unscreened differential cross sections for Coulomb elastic sca...
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in Interactions of Charged Particles: Elastic Coulomb Scattering
> The Physics of Radiation Dosimetry
Published: September 2020
FIG. 3.3 Screened and unscreened differential cross sections for Coulomb elastic scattering with the target much more massive that the projectile. More about this image found in Screened and unscreened differential cross sections for Coulomb elastic sca...
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Basic Concepts
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Published: September 2020
10.1063/9780735421882_001
EISBN: 978-0-7354-2188-2
ISBN: 978-0-7354-2189-9
...This chapter is a review of the basic principles of classical and modern physics that are used throughout the book. The classical two-particle collision is analyzed with emphasis on scattering angles and energy transferred from projectile to target. Electromagnetic radiation and its interactions...
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