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Mungan, Carl E.; Lipscombe, Trevor C. – Physics Teacher, 2022
Problems involving chains, cables, or ropes that are dropped, folded, or pass around pulleys attract ongoing interest, in part because they can become variable-mass situations if the chain is partitioned into sections for analysis. Less attention has been paid to trying to intentionally project the end of a string as far as possible. Here we…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Science Activities, Motion
Kyla Adams; Anastasia Lonshakova; David Blair; David Treagust; Tejinder Kaur – Teaching Science, 2024
Quantum science is in the news daily and engages students' interest and curiosity. A fundamental quantum science concept that underpins medical imaging, quantum computing and many future technologies is quantum spin. Quantum spin can explain many physical phenomena that are in the lower secondary school curriculum, such as magnetism and light,…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Science Instruction, Physics, Science Activities
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
Frodyma, Marc – Physics Teacher, 2020
Students have difficulty bridging the conceptual gap between Newtonian and relativistic physics, and, consequently, the teaching of special relativity has been discussed extensively in the literature. A comprehensive list of such references is too large to include, but a brief list is given. In this paper, the author presents several exercises,…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Science Process Skills, Prediction
Hosey, Dan – Physics Teacher, 2019
The High Road/Low Road race is often used as a qualitative prediction activity. A marble is released simultaneously on two elevated tracks that differ only in the middle section where the Low Road dips before finishing at the same height as the High Road. Typically a minority of students correctly predict that the Low Road will finish first. In…
Descriptors: Physics, Energy, Motion, Prediction
Milsom, John A. – Physics Teacher, 2021
The classic brachistrochrone problem is standard material in intermediate mechanics. Many variations exist including some accessible to introductory students. While a quantitative solution isn't feasible in introductory classes, qualitative discussions can be very beneficial since kinematics, Newton's laws, energy conservation, and motion along…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Introductory Courses, College Students, Motion
Jesús Erubiel Miguel-Gómez; Dennise Salazar; Miguel Reina – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
Ludic-didactic material has systematically been proven to be a useful tool that enhances teaching and learning processes, at practically any educational level by reducing the stress level of students and creating a feeling of team spirit and trust. In chemistry courses, significant efforts have been made to improve the learning of intermolecular…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Education, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Joseph, Toby – Physics Education, 2021
Problems involving rotating systems analysed from an inertial frame, without invoking fictitious forces, is something that freshman students find difficult to understand in an introductory mechanics course. In this article we try to see what could be the factors that lead to this difficulty and propose a set of arguments that could be used to…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Motion, Scientific Concepts, Introductory Courses
Featonby, David – Physics Education, 2019
A journey through the wonderful world of spinning tops, emphasising their practical use in both amusement, skill and as part of the physics curriculum.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Motion, Scientific Concepts
Pendrill, Ann-Marie – Physics Education, 2021
Take a selection of balls and marbles along to a nearby playground slide and let students investigate factors that may influence how balls accelerate down an inclined plane. Students can make hypotheses in small groups, plan investigations to test multiple possible explanations and draw conclusions about the importance of different variables. The…
Descriptors: Physics, Motion, Science Activities, Active Learning
Ben-Abu, Yuval; Wolfson, Ira; Yizhaq, Hezi – Physics Education, 2018
We suggest an activity for measuring the speed of a bicycle going in circular motion by measuring the bicycle's lean angle. In this activity students will be able to feel the strength that is being activated on their bodies while they are moving in circular motion. They will also understand that it is impossible to ride in a circle without the…
Descriptors: Motion, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction
Günther-Hanssen, Anna – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2020
The focus of this study is the co-actings of a 5-year-old girl, a swing, and physical phenomena. The study explores how the swing and physical phenomena worked as co-creators of the girl's scientific explorations as well as her bodily capacities and identity construction. Empirically, the study makes use of a video sequence generated during a…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Human Body, Motion, Young Children
Jensen, Marc – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2020
As children develop an understanding of their place in the universe, their mental model of the solar system should really go beyond a list of planet names and attributes to become a dynamic concept of bodies in motion and interaction. Montessori educators can help build a Sensorial impression of the cosmos by physically modeling the nature of…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Astronomy, Science Education
Roemmele, Christopher; Sederberg, David – Physics Teacher, 2017
Students are better able to understand Newton's first law when they build from their own personal experiences of bicycling, skateboarding, or riding in a car. Most have experienced a tumble when their skateboard or bicycle comes to an abrupt stop. Alternately in a car, your body continues moving when the brakes are applied and you feel the force…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Motion
Pössel, M. – Physics Education, 2020
Teaching cosmology at the undergraduate or high school level requires simplifications and analogies, and inevitably brings the teacher into contact with at least one of the pedagogical interpretations of the expanding Universe. The by far most popular interpretation holds that galaxies in an expanding Universe are stationary, while space itself…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Misconceptions, Science Instruction