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Sky smiley face: Solutions for Fermi Questions, November 2024

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John Adam
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 62, A687–A688 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0205627
Published: November 2024
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Sky smiley face

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John Adam
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 62, 687 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0205625
Published: November 2024
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A tale of two bridges and a round Earth

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Clinton Lewis
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 60, 614–615 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0014307
Published: October 2022
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Includes: Supplementary data
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Eye-opening mirages

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John A. Bloom
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 60, 84–85 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0009413
Published: February 2022
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The Sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic: A Case Study in Thermal Inversion and Atmospheric Refraction Phenomena

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Gregory A. DiLisi
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 60, 11–14 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0009099
Published: January 2022
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A Student Experiment About Rainbows: Ray Tracing Through an Acrylic Cylinder

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Minkyung Kim, Wonseok Kang, Jung Bog Kim
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 59, 692–693 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0007394
Published: December 2021
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A Simple Way to Demonstrate and Explain Different Facets of Mirages

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Yuan Zheng, Zewei Huang, Yanbin Yang
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 59, 422–424 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0006118
Published: September 2021
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Gelatin optics revisited

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Chris Chiaverina
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 59, 380–381 (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0004897
Published: May 2021
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Estimating the Moon-to-Earth Radius Ratio with a Smartphone, a Telescope, and an Eclipse

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Hugo Caerols, Felipe A. Asenjo
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 58, 497–501 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0002071
Published: October 2020
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Rainbows: A Graphical Approach

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Kenneth W. Ford
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 58, 152–155 (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5145401
Published: March 2020
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“Rainbows: Figuring Their Angles” from Ken Ford’s Essays on Physics

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Dan MacIsaac
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 57, 206 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5092496
Published: March 2019
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Solutions for Fermi Questions, January 2019: Question 1: Losing weight; Question 2: Artificial moon

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Larry Weinstein
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 57, A57–A58 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5084912
Published: January 2019
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Addressing students’ misconceptions about eclipses

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Timothy F. Slater, Richard Gelderman
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 55, 314–315 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4981046
Published: May 2017
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More ideas for projecting a rainbow

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Dave Van Domelen
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 55, 132 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4976649
Published: March 2017
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A New Way to Demonstrate the Rainbow

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Dragia Trifonov Ivanov, Stefan Nikolaev Nikolov
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 54, 460–463 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4965263
Published: November 2016
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Question 1: Fat for fuel; Mirages

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Larry Weinstein
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 54, 439 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4962786
Published: October 2016
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Some Surprising Introductory Physics Facts and Numbers

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A. James Mallmann
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 54, 220–222 (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4944361
Published: April 2016
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2014 lunar eclipse over Fermilab

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Martin Murphy
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 52, 565 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4902209
Published: December 2014
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Hook your students!

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John W. Jewett, Jr.
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 51, 442–443 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4820867
Published: October 2013
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Rainbow Near Midday

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David A. Cornell
Journal: The Physics Teacher
Phys. Teach. 50, 552 (2012)
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4767492
Published: December 2012
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