The Physics Teacher

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  Año 2012, Vol. 50, Número 9

  • Letters to the editor

    • Smashing pumpkins

      Frank Lock

      pág. 516

      

    • Explaining monty hall

      Elena Kuchina

      pág. 516

      

    • Author's response

      Edwin A. Karlow

      pág. 516

      

  • Figuring physics

    • Cone, ball, and cup

      Paul Hewitt

      págs. 518-519

      

  • Papers

    • Astrophotography on the cheap

      Chuck Niederriter, Mario Belloni

      • Resumen

      págs. 520-523

      

    • Imaging emission spectra with handheld and cellphone cameras

      David Sitar

      • Resumen

      págs. 524-526

      

    • Elastic properties of plasticine, silly putty and tennis strings

      Rod Cross

      • Resumen

      págs. 527-529

      

    • Another "find-the-flaw" test

      Göran Grimvall

      • Resumen

      pág. 530

      

    • Data acquisition using Xbox kinect sensor

      Jorge Ballester, Charles Pheatt

      • Resumen

      págs. 531-533

      

    • Another look at rocket thrust

      Brooke Hester, Jennifer Burris

      • Resumen

      págs. 534-535

      

    • The electric whirl in the 19th and 21st centuries

      John Daffron, Thomas B. Greenslade Jr.

      • Resumen

      pág. 536

      

    • A simple apparatus for demonstrating fluid forces and Newton's third law

      Pirooz Mohazzabi, Mark C. James

      • Resumen

      págs. 537-539

      

    • Want to reduce guessing and cheating while making students happier? Give more exams!

      James T. Laverty, Wolfgang Bauer, G. Kortemeyer, Gary Westfall

      • Resumen

      págs. 540-543

      

    • Neutrons as party animals: an analogy for understanding heavy-element fissility

      B. Cameron Reed

      • Resumen

      págs. 544-545

      

    • Exploring uncertainty with projectile launchers

      Chad Orzel, Gary Reich, Jonathan Marr

      • Resumen

      págs. 546-547

      

    • Frames of reference in the classroom

      Joshua Grossman

      • Resumen

      págs. 548-549

      

    • The period of a swinging rod in an oscillating frame of reference

      Hubert Biezeveld

      • Resumen

      págs. 550-551

      

    • Rainbow near midday

      David A. Cornell

      • Resumen

      pág. 552

      

    • A mass spectrometer simulator in your computer

      Michel Gagnon

      • Resumen

      págs. 553-557

      

    • Teaching the concept of resonance with the help of a classical guitar

      M. Kaan Kasar

      • Resumen

      págs. 558-559

      

    • Cooling rates of humans in air and in water: an experiment

      Craig F. Bohren

      • Resumen

      pág. 560

      

    • Advanced imaging of elementary circuits

      William H. Baird, Caleb Richards, Pranav Godbole

      • Resumen

      págs. 561-562

      

    • Determining atmospheric pressure using a water barometer

      C. Frederick Lohrengel, II, Paul R. Larson

      • Resumen

      págs. 563-564

      

    • Teachers' approaches to teaching physics

      • Resumen

      pág. 565

      

  • Iphysicslabs

    • Smartphones-experiments with an external thermistor circuit

      Kyle Forinash, Raymond Wisman

      • Resumen

      págs. 566-567

      

  • Physics challenge for teachers and students

    • One giant leap

      Boris Korsunsky

      pág. 568

      

  • Fermi questions

    • A Physics potpourri

      Diane Riendeau

      • Resumen

      pág. 569

      

    • Fermi questions

      Larry Weinstein

      pág. 569

      

  • Little gems

    • Squeezing light

      Luka Vidic, Miha Kos

      págs. 570-571

      

  • For the new teacher

    • Taking physics class into the world

      Chris Chiaverina

      • Resumen

      págs. 572-573