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Singh, Iqbal; Kaur, Bikramjeet – Physics Education, 2018
The present article demonstrates a way of programming using an Excel spreadsheet to teach Fourier series expansion in school/colleges without the knowledge of any typical programming language. By using this, a student learns to approximate partial sum of the n terms of Fourier series for some periodic signals such as square wave, saw tooth wave,…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scientific Concepts
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Fiedler, B. H. – Physics Education, 2010
The methods that we teach students for computing with units of measurement are often not consistent with the practice of professionals. For professionals, the vast majority of computations with quantities of measure are performed within programs on electronic computers, for which an accounting for the units occurs only once, in the design of the…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Graphs, Thinking Skills
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Lovell, M.S. – Physics Education, 2007
This paper presents a derivation of all five Lagrange points by methods accessible to sixth-form students, and provides a further opportunity to match Newtonian gravity with centripetal force. The predictive powers of good scientific theories are also discussed with regard to the philosophy of science. Methods for calculating the positions of the…
Descriptors: Motion, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction