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Kortemeyer, Gerd – Physics Teacher, 2022
In recent years, do-it-yourself microcontrollers and sensors have gained increased attention as measurement devices for physics teaching (see, for example, Refs. 1-5). This is not surprising, since Arduinos are relatively cheap and ubiquitous, the code base and design are open source, and there is a wide variety of sensors available. Arduinos can…
Descriptors: Physics, Measurement Equipment, Computers, Computer Uses in Education
Greenslade, Thomas B., Jr. – Physics Teacher, 2022
As I approach my 70th year in physics, let me tell my younger colleagues about my adventures with computation. When I was 14, my father gave me a slide rule because I appeared to be headed toward a career in physics. Since then, I have had experience with many other calculating devices.
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Educational Technology, Calculators
Kouh, Minjoon – Physics Teacher, 2022
The importance of introducing computational approaches early and actively in science education is widely acknowledged among educators and scientists. Many great ideas have been put forward and implemented by advocates and organizations such as Partnership for Integration of Computation into Undergraduate Physics (https://www.compadre.org/PICUP)…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Undergraduate Study, College Science
Harris, R. W. – Physics Teacher, 2018
We did not have laptops or computer networks in schools in 1968, when I started teaching physics. When classroom computers became available, followed by the internet, I greeted them as great educational tools. I developed my own website in order to provide reference material and assignments for my students. I found that online assignments were…
Descriptors: Laptop Computers, Physics, Teaching Methods, Computer Uses in Education
Wörner, Salome; Fischer, Christian; Kuhn, Jochen; Scheiter, Katharina; Neumann, Irene – Physics Teacher, 2021
Video motion analysis allows tracing trajectories of objects in motion and is an established method in physics education. Tablet computers, with their integrated cameras, offer the opportunity to both record and analyze dynamic motions during experiments on a single device. This enables students to work without transitioning the data between…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Motion, Astronomy, Science Instruction
Wehrbein, William M. – Physics Teacher, 2022
Recognized as one of the most beautiful experiments of all time, the oil drop experiment performed by Robert Millikan and his graduate students (primarily Harvey Fletcher) is a standard in the repertoire of experiments performed by undergraduate physics students. However, "as a teaching lab it does not enjoy a good reputation for three…
Descriptors: Science Experiments, Science Laboratories, Undergraduate Students, College Science
Absher, Mikayla L.; Piephoff, Caroline C.; Sitar, David J. – Physics Teacher, 2019
Throughout time people have been measuring the rising and setting positions of celestial objects with respect to the horizon. The motivation for this paper is to provide a link between mathematical and observational approximations for the Sun's declination (angular distance from the celestial equator). One source had students do an experiment with…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy
Lincoln, James – Physics Teacher, 2019
Python is a free, text-based programming language that has already been used by those who do physics research to great effect. But students can also learn to use it and, through its use, learn other aspects of physics--especially ones that are difficult or impossible to perform as physical labs. This article serves as a most-fundamental start for…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Computer Uses in Education, Programming Languages
Souza, P. V. S.; Alves, R. L.; Balthazar, W. F. – Physics Teacher, 2019
Fractals are geometric objects used to describe irregular shapes that have a fractional dimension and commonly appear in nature. Although several proposals for the study of perfect fractals at the basic level are present in the literature, only few proposals for the study of real fractals exist, which does not seem reasonable considering the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Geometric Concepts, Teaching Methods, Computation
Baker, Blane; Sherer, Maggie; Mossinghoff, Ben; Laycock, Will – Physics Teacher, 2022
A wood cantilever of length ~2.5 m is driven into resonance using the hand as a simple driver. Video recordings of these oscillations are analyzed to determine experimental second harmonic (n = 2) damped resonance frequencies. These frequencies are compared to theoretical ones, obtained from measurements of elastic moduli, damping properties, and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Science Experiments, Laboratory Experiments
Nair, Abhilash; Sawtelle, Vashti – Physics Teacher, 2018
Drawing equipotential and electric field lines is an activity commonly found in most second-semester introductory physics courses. Unfortunately, current commercial lab offerings are expensive and do not afford the opportunity for real-time graphical visualization of the trends in voltage in different regions. In this brief article, we describe a…
Descriptors: Physics, Energy, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories
Leftwich, Kendal M.; Ioup, Juliette W.; Seab, C. Gregory – Physics Teacher, 2019
We report here on an effort to involve high school physics students in research on impacts of oil spills on marine mammals at a local university. We believe that the effort described here might be useful to others who would like to involve physics students in research, especially work of an interdisciplinary nature. The students learn to work…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction, Physics
Flannery, William – Physics Teacher, 2019
This paper describes a high school or introductory university course in scientific programming that introduces the computer revolution into the physics curriculum at the beginning. In the first one-hour lecture, Euler's method is presented and used to compute a solution to the analytically unsolvable two-body problem. In the remainder of the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Secondary School Science, High Schools
Hazlett, Eric; Aragoneses, Andrés – Physics Teacher, 2018
We present a versatile experimental apparatus for exploring rotational motion through the interplay between the moment of inertia, torque, and rotational kinetic energy of a wheel. The heart of this experiment uses a 3D-printed wheel along with easily accessible stock components that allow for the adjustment of the moment of inertia while keeping…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Science Equipment
Boot, Roeland – Physics Teacher, 2017
There is a relatively simple way of using radioactive material in classroom experiments: uranium glass, which provides teachers with a suitable substance. By using the right computer software and a radiation sensor, it can be demonstrated that uranium glass emits radiation at a greater rate than the background radiation and with the aid of UV…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Experiments, Computer Software, Radiation