The Physics Teacher

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  Año 2026, Vol. 64, Número 5

  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    • Measure or calculate?

      Shiv Kumar Chakarvarti

      • Resumen

      págs. 344-344

      

    • A low-cost Van de Graaff generator

      Salvatore Ganci

      • Resumen

      págs. 344-344

      

  • PAPERS

    • Experimental Demonstration of the Slingshot Effect

      Rod Cross

      • Resumen

      págs. 346-347

      

    • Blending Fluid Mechanics and Art—Part I: Making a Splash with High-Speed Photography

      Avery Trevino, Madeline E. Federle, Jack William Barotta, Roberto Zenit

      • Resumen

      págs. 348-352

      

    • Noether’s Theorem and Newton’s Laws

      Eugene Hecht

      • Resumen

      págs. 353-358

      

    • Using Similar Triangles as a Mnemonic to Teach Students About Inclines

      Liam G. McDermott

      • Resumen

      págs. 359-361

      

    • Modular Tracks for Magnetic Levitation

      Kohei Tada

      • Resumen

      págs. 362-363

      

    • Make Your School (or Town or State) Part of the Problem!

      Boris Korsunsky

      • Resumen

      págs. 364-365

      

    • Exploration and Production of Grow Lights: A Multidisciplinary Physics Project Based on Smartphones

      Kehong Chen, Yizhou Ling, Youwei Yang

      • Resumen

      págs. 366-369

      

    • Distance from the Sun or Solar Incidence Angle? Investigating the Causal Mechanism of the Seasons Through an Experimental Setup

      Ioannis Starakis, Lia Halkia

      • Resumen

      págs. 370-373

      

    • Black Box Experiments with Polarization Filters

      Hendrik Maas, Gunnar Friege

      • Resumen

      págs. 374-377

      

    • Direction of the Plumb Line

      Seppo Mäkinen

      • Resumen

      págs. 378-380

      

    • Smart Insight into Vector Inner Products from a Stupid Coordinate System

      David Syphers

      • Resumen

      págs. 381-383

      

    • Using a Collaborative Exam Approach as an Equitable Exam Retake

      Nathan J. Kuwada

      • Resumen

      págs. 384-386

      

    • Observations When Students “Self-Assess” Their Homework

      John A. Milsom

      • Resumen

      págs. 387-390

      

    • Using the Falstad Online Simulator to Help Teach the Kinetic Theory of Gases

      Derrick E Boucher

      • Resumen

      págs. 391-393

      

    • Does the Meter Matter? Damping Differences in a Magnet–Spring Oscillator from Current vs. Voltage Measurements

      Hyejung Kwak, Seokmin Yun

      • Resumen

      págs. 394-395

      

    • Simple Experiments to Visualize Energy Reduction When Sound Is Not Transmitted

      Seokmin Yun, Hyejung Kwak, Hyukjoon Choi

      • Resumen

      págs. 396-398

      

    • Using a Mosquito Racket to Illustrate the Link Between Electrostatics and Electric Circuits

      Panagiotis Koumaras, Theodoros Pierratos

      • Resumen

      págs. 399-401

      

    • An Autonomous Setup for Learning to Control an Oscilloscope

      Pedro Assis, João Joaquim, Manuel Ratola

      • Resumen

      págs. 402-405

      

    • Using a Smart Cart to Explore Damping in Simple Harmonic Oscillators

      Jiawei Song, Yi Zhou, Yuxin Zhang, Xinyu Zhang, Wei Zhuang

      • Resumen

      págs. 406-408

      

    • Laser Experiments and Applications on Palm (LEAP): Creating a Do-It-Yourself Wave Optics Educational Opportunity for Schools Without Optics Laboratories

      J. G. Ortega Mendoza, A. Guzmán Barraza, José Ángeles, Greg A. Smith, Daewook Kim, A. Padilla Vivanco

      • Resumen

      págs. 409-413

      

    • The Leaning Ladder Problem

      Rod Cross

      • Resumen

      págs. 414-415

      

    • Exploring Introductory Community College Astronomy Performance for Students Requiring Mathematics Remediation with Two-Way ANOVA

      Zachary Richards

      • Resumen

      págs. 416-418

      

    • A Toy Model to Explain Superconductivity

      Suhas Adiga, Dahiya Mamta, P. Arun

      • Resumen

      págs. 419-423

      

    • Neural Network Use for Physics Students: Projectile Motion with Drag

      Tom Bensky

      • Resumen

      págs. 424-427

      

  • IPHYSICSLABS

    • Exploring AC and electronic light flicker using a smartphone camera

      Sanjoy Kumar Pal

      • Resumen

      págs. 428-429

      

  • ASTRONOTES

    • Busting misconceptions through modeling

      Lawrence Krumenaker

      • Resumen

      págs. 430-431

      

  • AI PHYSICS TOOLS (AI@TPT)

    • Integrating DeepSeek and dynamic visualization in physics education

      Minghui Ding

      • Resumen

      págs. 432-433

      

  • LITTLE GEMS

    • Balancing broomsticks to a t!

      David Marasco

      • Resumen

      págs. 434-435