NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hill, Trevor – Physics Education, 2019
Comfort whilst camping overnight during outdoor pursuits is based on pain free and warm sleeping arrangements and is highly dependent on the performance of the sleeping bag and sleeping mat. In adventurous and challenging situations, performance can contribute to safety and expedition success. From the manufacturer's point of view, thermal…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Recreational Activities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Scott-Brown, J. A.; Cunningham, O. A.; Goad, B. C. – Physics Education, 2010
The fire piston is just a sealed syringe containing a small amount of tinder. When the plunger is forced downwards, the air inside is compressed and heats up, setting fire to the tinder. It has been used as a convenient and portable way of starting fires "over a wide area from northern Burma and Siam through the Malay Peninsula and the Malayan…
Descriptors: Engines, Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Physics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Mooldijk, Ad; van der Valk, Ton; Wooning, Jacqueline – Science Education International, 2006
In the framework of a curriculum reform in the Netherlands, an interdisciplinary open inquiry assignment has been introduced as a part of the final secondary school examinations. We developed and evaluated a preparatory open inquiry assignment to be used in science and mathematics departments of schools, in collaboration with each other: the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inquiry, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction