The Physics Teacher

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  Año 2015, Vol. 53, Número 5

  • EDITORIAL

    • Light!

      Garry White

      pág. 260

      

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    • Addendum to ¿Charged Particle Dynamics in the Magnetic Field of a Long Straight Current Carrying Wire¿

      T. Toepker, M. Fatuzzo, A. Prentice

      pág. 262

      

  • FIGURING PHYSICS

    • EXPONENTIAL EARNINGS

      Paul Hewitt

      pág. 263

      

  • PAPERS

    • How an Air Stream Can Support a Cupcake

      Evan Jones

      • Resumen

      pág. 264

      

    • Modern Gravitational Lens Cosmology for Introductory Physics and Astronomy Students

      Palul Huwe, Scott Field

      • Resumen

      pág. 266

      

    • An Interdisciplinary Approach to Drag Forces: Estimating Floodwater Speed from Displaced Riverbed Boulders

      Kenneth A. Pestka II, Jennifer Heindel

      • Resumen

      pág. 272

      

    • Half Empty or Half Full?

      Tyler Rohr, Jim Rohr,

      • Resumen

      pág. 275

      

    • Buoyancy Can-Can

      Jim Nelson, Jane Bray Nelson

      • Resumen

      pág. 279

      

    • And the Survey Says...

      Susan C. White

      • Resumen

      pág. 281

      

    • A Modification to Maxwell's Needle Apparatus

      Tribhuvan Soorya

      • Resumen

      pág. 282

      

    • An Arduino Investigation of the RC Circuit

      Calin Galeriu, Cheryl Letson, Geoffrey Esper

      • Resumen

      pág. 285

      

    • A Modern Bréguet-Type Galvanometer

      John A. Daffron, Thomas B. Greenslade Jr.

      • Resumen

      pág. 289

      

    • Light-Emitting Diodes: Solving Complex Problems

      Gorazd Planin�ic, Eugenia Etkina

      • Resumen

      pág. 291

      

    • Are You Ready, Kids? It's SpongeBob Triclops!

      Jair Lúcio Prados Ribeiro

      • Resumen

      pág. 298

      

    • Measuring Astronomical Distances with Linear Programming

      Akshar Narain

      • Resumen

      pág. 300

      

    • Debunking a Video on YouTube as an Authentic Research Experience

      Philip Davidowsky, Michael Rogers

      • Resumen

      pág. 304

      

  • FERMI QUESTIONS

    • Fermi Questions

      Larry Weinstein

      pág. 306

      

  • iPHYSICSLABS

    • Cracking knuckles ¿ A smartphone inquiry on bioacoustics

      Andreas Müller, Patrik Vogt, Jochen Kuhn, Marcus Müller

      • Resumen

      pág. 307

      

  • LITTLE GEMS

    • Popping a balloon with spaghetti

      Gorazd Planin�ic, Eugenia Etkina

      • Resumen

      pág. 309

      

  • ASTRONOTES

    • ¿Knowing¿ is not enough

      Joe Heafner

      • Resumen

      pág. 312

      

  • FOR THE NEW TEACHER

    • Physics of flying

      Jim Vetrone

      • Resumen

      pág. 314

      

  • FIGURING PHYSICS

    • Answer to April Figuring Physics Question

      Paul Hewitt

      pág. 315

      

  • PHYSICS CHALLENGE FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

    • Physics Challenge for Teachers and Students

      Boris Korsunsky

      pág. 316

      

  • WEBSIGHTS

    • New free online Journal of Astronomy and Earth Sciences Education

      Dan MacIsaac

      pág. 317

      

    • Polyphonic overtone singing ¿ Explained visually

      Dan MacIsaac

      pág. 317

      

    • Crystal (Xal) radios for learning physics

      Dan MacIsaac

      pág. 317

      

    • Teaching high school physics

      Dan MacIsaac

      pág. 317

      

    • Summer professional development for physics teachers

      Dan MacIsaac

      pág. 317

      

  • VISUAL PHYSICS

    • Ice and polarized light

      Daniela Rapava

      pág. 320