Colorful Sundog CometPhysics Challenge for Teachers and Students

Column Editor: Boris Korsunsky, Weston High School, Weston, MA

 

2023

Hanging by a thread
The Physics Teacher 61, 159 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0017026

Rolling uphill
The Physics Teacher 61, 94 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0016768

2022

For want of a nail … The Physics Teacher 60, 797 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0015307.

Pros and cones The Physics Teacher 60, 713 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0015011

Ups and more ups The Physics Teacher 60, 622 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0014312

Second to one by Boris Korsunsky The Physics Teacher 60, 520 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0013862

From B or not from B
The Physics Teacher 60, 389 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0010398

Surfing the net
The Physics Teacher 60, 318 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0010006

The pot and the kettle
The Physics Teacher 60, 229 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0009694

Ice and easy
The Physics Teacher 60, 158 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0009434

Lore of the rings
The Physics Teacher 60, 79 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0009122

2021

Ride goes before a fall
The Physics Teacher 59, 669 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0006929

Tackle this!
The Physics Teacher 59, 583 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0006468

Let’s start with the ABCs
The Physics Teacher 59, 501 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0006143

Trial by wire
The Physics Teacher 59, 382 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0004898

An amplitude with an attitude
The Physics Teacher 59, 302 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0004168

There goes the Sun: Sunset simulations old and new
The Physics Teacher 59, 74 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0003026

Opposites repel… eventually
The Physics Teacher 59, 222 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0003676

Mirror, mirror… and a ball!
The Physics Teacher 59, 137 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0003474

Shaking, sliding, and jumping
The Physics Teacher 59, 78 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0003029

2020

Good-bye, 2020!
The Physics Teacher 58, 686 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0002749

No pun invented
The Physics Teacher 58, 599 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0002388

Bar-hopping on a string
The Physics Teacher 58, 517 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0002077

A fall with a bang
The Physics Teacher 58, 443 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0001852

May the charge grow large
The Physics Teacher 58, 359 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5145538/p>

Down to the other wires
The Physics Teacher 58, 277 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5145479

Discord of the rings
The Physics Teacher 58, 215 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5145422

The heat is on
The Physics Teacher 58, 118 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5144795

January jiggle
The Physics Teacher 58, 70 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5141982