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Owens, David C.; Greer, Kania; Thaler, Mary – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2023
Kids are drawn to dolls and dump trucks, and crashing the two together might just be a child's favorite pastime. Who knew such a simple pleasure could serve as an accessible, compelling phenomenon for instigating investigations of force and motion. With a few inexpensive materials straight out of the toy box (literally, a doll, a dump truck, a…
Descriptors: Toys, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Motion
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Siu, Lok Yin; Leung, Hoi Tik Alvin – Physics Education, 2022
Electromagnetic (EM) waves are indispensable in modern telecommunications. Despite their essential role in modern technology, EM waves are considered to be an abstract concept by many students. In this activity, an inexpensive two-coil system was constructed in a teaching laboratory and used to demonstrate information transfer by non-sinusoidal EM…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Hands on Science, Science Activities
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Yurumezoglu, Kemal – Physics Education, 2020
In this article, a consecutive series of four hands-on experiments are recommended to teach the colors of paint/pigment and their mixtures. These activities, which are effective in learning about how to make a simple observation and help to build argument-based knowledge about colors, offer an integrated and innovative way of teaching colors of…
Descriptors: Physics, Hands on Science, Educational Innovation, Light
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Chaudry, Amtul Mujeeb – Physics Teacher, 2020
Arduino microcontrollers are becoming increasingly popular in the physics/astronomy community. These devices can provide more in-depth labs on mechanics, electricity and magnetism, light and optics, etc., in addition to programming. These devices can be readily utilized to reach more non-physics/astronomy majors and underrepresented STEM students.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Science, Measurement Equipment, Physics
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Ganesh, Padma – Physics Teacher, 2020
Kinesthetic experiences in the classroom seek to engage students by muscle movement, touch, or some form of physical activity. In this article, I describe an active learning session wherein students develop a qualitative understanding of center of mass and support forces using their sense of touch. The set of activities detailed here is based on a…
Descriptors: Kinesthetic Methods, Science Instruction, Active Learning, Physics
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Maja Planinic; Katarina Jelicic; Karolina Matejak Cvenic; Ana Susac; Lana Ivanjek – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Wave optics is a mandatory part of Croatian secondary school physics curriculum for students in the final year of secondary school (age 18-19). Many physics education research studies have shown that it is a difficult physics topic for both university and secondary school students. An inquiry-based teaching sequence on wave optics, designed for…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Secondary School Science, Physics, Scientific Concepts
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Tompkins, Nathan – Physics Teacher, 2019
The Tesla coil is one of the most famous and popularly recognizable high voltage devices. Utilizing the fame of recognizability of the Tesla coil in a "Build Your Own" laboratory exercise is a great way to create a successful and highly interesting learning activity. Classical Tesla coils utilize a spark gap as the primary switch,…
Descriptors: Equipment, Energy, Physics, Science Instruction
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Postiglione, Adriana; Angelis, Ilaria De – Physics Education, 2021
Teaching modern physics in high school is of increasingly importance as it can offer students a more realistic and updated vision of the world, and can provide an opportunity to understand the most recent scientific discoveries. In this context, general relativity (GR) occupies a prominent place, since it is related to astonishing scientific…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Strunk, Amber; Gazdovich, Jennifer; Redouté, Oriane; Reverte, Juan Manuel; Shelley, Samantha; Todorova, Vesela – Physics Teacher, 2018
This paper provides a brief introduction to antimatter and how it, along with other modern physics topics, is utilized in positron emission tomography (PET) scans. It further describes a hands-on activity for students to help them gain an understanding of how PET scans assist in detecting cancer. Modern physics topics provide an exciting way to…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Science Activities, Brain
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Lincoln, James – Physics Teacher, 2018
There are already several articles describing ways to teach physics using smartphone apps, but what are some experiments you can perform immediately without downloading any additional software? In the spirit of increasing the amount of hands-on activities each of us is doing, and to give us backup activities when you have a few extra minutes of…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Physics, Science Instruction
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Littleton, Joshua A. H.; Secco, Richard – Physics Teacher, 2018
Magnetism is traditionally taught within the subject of electromagnetism at the undergraduate and graduate levels in physics courses, with the goal of establishing a solid foundation of the underlying physical mechanisms before advancing to more specialized topics. Oftentimes, a laboratory component of these courses involves practical, hands-on…
Descriptors: Magnets, Physics, Electronics, Hands on Science
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Lane, W. Brian – Physics Teacher, 2019
In tabletop games involving dice, it is important to ensure randomness of the dice rolls and to protect other gaming elements from being scattered by rolling dice. One way of ensuring random rolls and protecting gaming elements is to drop dice into a dice-rolling tower ("dice tower"). A dice tower is usually small (20 cm by 20 cm) and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Educational Games, Manipulative Materials
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Chiu, Ying-Ting – Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities, 2020
The Yuan T. Lee Foundation Science Education for All (YTLF) has implemented a science camp for students with visual impairments in central Taiwan since 2009. The implementation of the camp serves as an informal science education practice model that informs curriculum design and development, personnel preparation and organization, as well as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Visual Impairments, Blindness, Hands on Science
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Foo, Patrick; Ruiz, Michael J. – Physics Education, 2019
Students preparing to enter medical fields are required to take physics. To increase their interest in physics, a low-cost classroom medical activity is presented introducing them to the basics of endoscopic visualization and navigation. Incorporated in the activity are basic surgical techniques such as resection with single or multiple operators.…
Descriptors: Physics, Medical Education, Science Activities, Visual Aids
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Berrada, Meryem; Littleton, Joshua A. H.; Secco, Richard A. – Physics Teacher, 2020
The exercises described here conveniently exploit the built-in acceleration sensors in smartphones, devices that are becoming ubiquitous if not essential items for most students. This allows each student to have the opportunity for a hands-on experience and to collect their own data, reduces preparation time, and greatly reduces cost by removing…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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