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Williams, Hollis – Physics Education, 2022
Granular flows appear frequently in the natural world and in civil engineering applications. These flows can exhibit features which are surprising and counter-intuitive and are often used to test the limits of the classical continuum approximation for modelling of fluid flows. An important sub-class of the granular flows are the gravity-driven…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Educational Technology
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Euler, Elias; Prytz, Christopher; Gregorcic, Bor – Physics Education, 2020
In this paper, we present three types of activity that we have observed during students' free exploration of a software called "Algodoo," which allows students to explore a range of physics phenomena within the same digital learning environment. We discuss how, by responding to any of the three activity types we identify in the students'…
Descriptors: Physics, Educational Environment, Educational Technology, College Students
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Dagdeviren, Omur E. – Physics Education, 2018
Propagation of sound waves is one of the fundamental concepts in physics. Some of the properties of sound propagation such as attenuation of sound intensity with increasing distance are familiar to everybody from the experiences of daily life. However, the frequency dependence of sound propagation and the effect of acoustics in confined…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Science Experiments
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Hansen, Nils Kristian; Mitchell, James Robert – Physics Education, 2013
This work examines the feasibility of employing a Nintendo Wii game controller for measuring car speed in an interdisciplinary school project. It discusses the physical characteristics of the controller and of vehicle headlights. It suggests how an experiment may be linked to topics in mathematics, statistics, physics and computer science. An…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Measurement Equipment, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Bryan, J. A. – Physics Education, 2010
Inexpensive video analysis technology now enables students to make precise measurements of an object's position at incremental times during its motion. Such capability now allows users to "examine", rather than simply "assume", energy conservation in a variety of situations commonly discussed in introductory physics courses. This article describes…
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Physics, Educational Technology, Science Instruction