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Encounter with a Rectilinear Uniformly Accelerated Motion in a Flipped Classroom: Enhancing Students' Data Processing Skills
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Pierratos, Theodoros – Physics Education, 2021
Due to the conditions imposed worldwide by the pandemic, students' access to school laboratories is limited, if not impossible. To provide students with raw experimental data to assess, analyse and reason out, we have filmed experiments that can be used in a flipped classroom. This paper presents an experiment which makes use of an array of six…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Flipped Classroom, Science Laboratories
Engagement with Physics across Diverse Festival Audiences
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Roche, Joseph; Stanley, Jessica; Davis, Nicola – Physics Education, 2016
Science shows provide a method of introducing large public audiences to physics concepts in a nonformal learning environment. While these shows have the potential to provide novel means of educational engagement, it is often difficult to measure that engagement. We present a method of producing an interactive physics show that seeks to provide…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientists, Scientific Concepts, Technology Uses in Education
The Parallel Globe: A Powerful Instrument to Perform Investigations of Earth's Illumination
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Rossi, Sabrina; Giordano, Enrica; Lanciano, Nicoletta – Physics Education, 2015
Many researchers have documented the difficulties for learners of different ages and preparations in understanding basic astronomical concepts. Traditional instructional strategies and communication media do not seem to be effective in producing meaningful understanding, or even induce misconceptions and misinterpretations. In line with recent…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Education, Earth Science, Astronomy
Magnetic Braking Revisited: An Activity for "How Science Works"
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Ireson, Gren; Twidle, John – Physics Education, 2008
The National Curriculum for 14-16 year old students in England contains a mandatory element called "How science works". Included in this material is interpretation of data, collecting data from primary sources, using ICT tools, and developing an argument and drawing conclusions. What follows is an activity, based on magnetic braking,…
Descriptors: Prediction, Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
A Direct Reading Thermometer Based on a Silicon Diode.
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Kirkup, L.; Tonthat, C. – Physics Education, 1998
Describes a simple circuit based on an inexpensive quad operational amplifier that permits a direct-reading temperature instrument to be constructed using silicon diodes. Encourages the use of this equipment in introductory thermal experiments. (DDR)
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Data Collection, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
A National Survey of Background Alpha-particle Radioactivity.
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Camplin, Geoffrey C.; And Others – Physics Education, 1988
Reports the results of a radioactivity survey in England. Discusses the aim of the survey, experimental procedures, analysis, and results. Shows several diagrams, graphs, and tables. (YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Data Collection, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Investigating Power, Work and Effective Values in an AC Resistive Circuit through a Microcomputer-Based Laboratory.
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Trumper, Ricardo; Gelbman, Moshe – Physics Education, 1997
Presents examples of experiments designed for high school students with the help of a microcomputer-based laboratory called Explorer. Argues that these tools enable students to investigate many principles of physics that were not feasible in the past. (DDR)
Descriptors: Calculus, Computer Interfaces, Computer Uses in Education, Data Collection