As one of three audiovisual media in the U. S. Naval Academy Self-Paced Physics Course 27 topics relating to mechanics, electricity, and magnetism are presented in this volume for enriching and supplementary purposes. Each topic is primarily composed of figures and formulas associated with explanatory statements. Terminal behavioral objectives and…

As one of three audiovisual media in the U. S. Naval Academy Self-Paced Physics Course, 27 topics relating to mechanics, electricity, and magnetism are presented in this volume for enriching and supplementary purposes. Each topic is primarily composed of illustrations and formulas. Terminal behavior objectives and directions for reaching…

Provides a solution to the Blackwood pendulum experiment by the use of conservation of linear momentum and conservation of energy of translational motion. (CP)

Describes the operation and numerous educational uses of an electronic music synthesizer. Capabilities (and limitations) of the synthesizer for use as a wave demonstrator are presented. (CP)

Describes a single geometrical diagram based on the Lenz vector which shows the qualitative and quantitative features of all three types of Coulomb orbits. Explains the use of a simple analog computer with an overhead projector to demonstrate many of these effects. (Author/CP)

Includes description of a light meter, photometer, fluid flow apparatus, and acoustic grating. (RH)

Samples of filtered airborne particulate, collected daily for the first month after the September 18, 1977 Chinese nuclear detonation, showed fourteen fission products. Fluctuations in the daily fallout activity levels suggested a global fallout orbit time of approximately twenty days. (Author/BB)

This paper presents a derivation of the number given by Fermi in 1925, in his semiclassical treatment of the motion of an electron in the field of two stationary positive charges, for Bohr quantization of the electron orbits when the stationary charges are positive, and applies it to an electron moving in the field of a stationary dipole.…

Discusses the principle of generating electron beams, some of their current applications as a high energy content source, and their potential for technological development. (GA)

Presents a few illustrations of physics areas such as capacitors, free fall, vectors, and waves, to show that methods of presentation of specific topics, in some physics textbooks, produce in the average student the wrong impression and ignorance of important scientific facts. (GA)

Describes a physics course, Biomechanics, designed for physical education majors, where stroboscopic photography is used to provide student data to calculate average velocities of objects in different sport activities. (GA)

Describes some laboratory apparatus and demonstrations; describes an electronic device to illustrate an octave synthesizer; shows how to get negative changes from an electrophorous; explains a body levers device to clarify the principles of moments and levers; and finally shows how to demonstrate acceleration in simple harmonic motion. (GA)

Describes a few apparatuses and demonstrations for teaching physics under the headings: demonstrating resonance of the inner ear, constructing a potential well-hill for overhead projectors, rubber tube vacuum pump, improvement on the simple homemade motor, air track to demonstrate sailing into the wind, and center of gravity and stability. (GA)