This roster contains detailed data from the annual Survey of Enrollments and Degrees. The survey was conducted in the 2002-2003 academic year. It includes all degree-granting physics departments in the United states. Presented in this roster are the data reported by those departments for their 2001-2002 introductory course enrollments, 2002-200…

The purpose of this paper is to report some of the findings of 2 months of quantitative data collection associated with the study of context and cultural relevance in physics teaching in Puerto Rico. First, whether or not high school physics teachers use contextual and culturally relevant strategies in their classroom was examined. In addition,…

This report describes how the representation of women in physics has changed, presenting data comparing the representation of women in physics to the representation of women in other fields and in academics overall. Highlights include: an increasingly large number of girls have some exposure to physics by taking it in high school; women's…

Outlines Young's scholastic record, involving his educational background, contributions to optics in physics, and deciphering of hieroglyphics in Egyptian philosophy. (CC)

Presents theoretical and experimental observations made with a musical toy called Hummer consisting of a corrugated flexible plastic tube about three-feet long and one-inch diam open at both ends. Included are descriptions of three new instruments: the Water Pipe, the Gas-Pipe Corrugahorn Bugle, and the Gas-Pipe Blues Corrugahorn. (CC)

An independent study program, utilizing library resources, supplements course work for an effective physics program. (JH)

Discusses the operation and characteristics of the power transformer, rectifier, filter, and regulator of an electronic power supply. (JR)

An electronic question and answer board is described which is used in conjunction with a school hallway physics display. (JP)

The purpose of this article is to focus attention on published lists of recommended books and periodicals for libraries serving undergraduate students in the sciences. The lists cover biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics. (13 references) (Author/SJ)

Discusses the Doppler effect as it applies to different situations, such as a stationary source of sound with the observer moving, a stationary observer, and the sound source and observer both moving. Police radar, satellite surveillance radar, radar astronomy, and the Doppler navigator, are discussed as applications of Doppler shift. (JR)

Criticism of programs that were conducted by eight Kansas and Missouri schools. Indicates the activities that appear successful and those that were less successful. (DF)