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Bucci, Karen – Science and Children, 2018
In this article, Karen Bucci describes how she incorporated her iPad with the wireless SmartScope iGO microscope and Wi-Viewer app to teach her fourth-grade class the science module "Ecosystems" by National Science Resources Center's Science and Technology for Children (STC) (1996, 2005). A main idea in the unit is the importance of…
Descriptors: Water, Recreational Facilities, Ecology, Educational Technology
Chikwe, Christian K.; Ogidi, Reuben C.; Nwachukwu, K. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The paper discussed the challenges of research and human capital development in Nigeria. Research and human capital development are critical to the development of any nation. Research facilitates human capital development. A high rating in human capital development indices places a country among the leading countries of the world. The paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Research, Labor Force Development
Greenslade, Thomas B., Jr. – Physics Teacher, 2013
During the AAPT summer meeting at Creighton University in 2011, Vacek Miglus and I took pictures of early apparatus at the Creighton physics department. The apparatus in the left-hand picture, shown with the spigot closed, appeared to be a liquid-level device: the water level was the same in both the narrow tube and the flaring glass vase.…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Water, Science Equipment, Demonstrations (Educational)
Dittrich, William; Minkin, Leonid; Shapovalov, Alexander S. – Physics Teacher, 2013
Usually parametric oscillations are not the topic of general physics courses. Probably it is because the mathematical theory of this phenomenon is relatively complicated, and until quite recently laboratory experiments for students were difficult to implement. However parametric oscillations are good illustrations of the laws of physics and can be…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Mechanics (Physics), Laboratory Experiments
Bond, Charles – Teaching Science, 2014
William Henry Bragg moved from Cambridge in Britain to South Australia to take up a professorship at the University of Adelaide in 1885. He brought with him a broad interest in many areas of physics, but when Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays in the 1890s, Bragg's interest was stimulated. William's Australian-born son, Lawrence (WL Bragg), began…
Descriptors: Physical Sciences, Science Experiments, Science Equipment, Science Education
Cunnah, David – Physics Education, 2014
In this paper I propose a method of calculating the time between line captures in a standard complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) webcam using the rolling shutter effect when filming a guitar. The exercise links the concepts of wavelength and frequency, while outlining the basic operation of a CMOS camera through vertical line capture.
Descriptors: Video Technology, Scientific Concepts, Photography, Physics
Logiurato, Fabrizio – Physics Teacher, 2014
The ripple tank is one of the physics education devices most appreciated by teachers and students. It allows one to visualize various phenomena related to wave physics in an effective and enthralling way. Usually this apparatus consists of a tank with a transparent bottom that is filled with a thin layer of water. A source of light illuminates the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Experiments, Science Equipment, Scientific Concepts
Heldt, Caryn L.; Bank, Alex; Turpeinen, Dylan; King, Julia A. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2016
The need to increase science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates is great. To interest more students into STEM degrees, we made our graphene biosensor research portable, inexpensive, and safe to demonstrate technology development to high school students. The students increased their knowledge of biosensors and proteins, and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Secondary School Science, Laboratory Experiments, STEM Education
Balta, Nuri – Physics Teacher, 2012
Electroscopes are sensitive instruments useful for investigations of static electricity. They are devices that are used for detecting whether an object is charged or uncharged. They also determine the type of charge. Their operation is based on the principle of like sign charge repulsion.
Descriptors: Science Equipment, Energy, Science Experiments, Equipment Utilization
Ruiz, Michael J. – Physics Teacher, 2014
End-pipe corrections seldom come to mind as a suitable topic for an introductory physics lab. Yet, the end-pipe correction formula can be verified in an engaging and inexpensive lab that requires only two supplies: plastic-tube toys called boomwhackers and a meter-stick. This article describes a lab activity in which students model data from…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Physics, Laboratory Experiments, Science Activities
Murphy, Edward; Bell, Randy – Science Teacher, 2013
As our closest celestial neighbor, the Moon is a familiar and inspiring object to investigate using a small telescope, binoculars, or even photographs or one of the many high quality maps available online. The wondrously varied surface of the Moon--filled with craters, mountains, volcanic flows, scarps, and rilles--makes the Moon an excellent…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Astronomy, Teaching Methods, Scientific Concepts
Kwok, Ping-Wai – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2013
Planisphere is a simple and useful tool in locating constellations of the night sky at a specific time, date and geographic location. However it does not show the planet positions because planets are not fixed on the celestial sphere. It is known that the planet orbital planes are nearly coplanar and close to the ecliptic plane. By making…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Equipment, Visual Aids, Hands on Science
Seitz, B.; Rivera, N. Campos; Gray, R.; Power, A.; Thomson, F. – Physics Education, 2018
Radiation, radiation detection and radiation protection are topics in physics and its applications which generate a wide interest in the public. This interest is either generated through medical procedures, applications of nuclear energy or nuclear accidents. The technical nature of these topics usually means that they are not well covered in the…
Descriptors: Radiation, Physics, Science and Society, Outreach Programs
Bruce, Mitchell R. M.; Wilson, Tiffany A.; Bruce, Alice E.; Bessey, S. Max; Flood, Virginia J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
In this experiment, students build a spectrometer to explore infrared radiation and greenhouse gases in an inquiry-based investigation to introduce climate science in a general chemistry lab course. The lab is based on the exploration of the thermal effects of molecular absorption of infrared radiation by greenhouse and non-greenhouse gases. A…
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Radiation, Student Developed Materials, Student Projects
Akuma, Fru Vitalis; Callaghan, Ronel – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
The science education budget of many secondary schools has decreased, while shortages and environmental concerns linked to conventional Science Education Equipment and Materials (SEEMs) have emerged. Thus, in some schools, resourceful educators produce low-cost equipment from basic materials and use these so-called improvised SEEMs in practical…
Descriptors: Science Education, Teaching Methods, Barriers, Media Adaptation