The Physics Teacher
April 2024
Volume 62 Issue 4
This Month's cover shows BICEP2 (the Back- ground Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization telescope) near the South Pole, which measures the polarization of the cosmic microwave background. See Don Lincoln's article “What is Cosmic Inflation?” for details about how BICEP2 fits into the cosmic inflation story.
Columns
And the Survey Says..., Astronotes, Fermi Questions, Figuring Physics, For the New Teacher, iPhysicsLabs, Just Physics, Little Gems, Physics Challenge for Teachers and Students, Talkin' Physics, Technology In The Classroom, Tricks of the Trade, Visual Physics, and Websights.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Hewitt Drew It! comment by Frank Daniel Lock. DOI: 10.1119/5.0178505
PAPERS
Probing Mechanical Properties of a Spider Web Using a Simple Rubber Band Model by Hyo Seok Choi; Kyung Suk Lee. DOI: 10.1119/5.0140735
What Is Cosmic Inflation? by Don Lincoln. DOI: 10.1119/5.0200707
Repurposing Concept Inventories to Help Students Find Gaps in Explanations by Tiffany-Rose Sikorski; Brandon K. Lee. DOI: 10.1119/5.0095315
Apparatus Named After Our Academic Ancestors—VI by Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr. DOI: 10.1119/5.0058337
Estimating the Refractive Index of a Hydrated Superabsorbent Polymer Sphere by Matthew Stephen Neel. DOI: 10.1119/5.0139617
Update on a Competency-Based Physics Course by P.-M. Binder; H. L. Blue. DOI: 10.1119/5.0143720
Measurement of Gravitational Acceleration Using Bernoulli’s Equation by Taehun Jang; Sang Ho Sohn; Hyejin Ha; Siwoo Kwon; Gyeongmo Lee; Donggeon Lee; Yeongjun Lee; Seo Woo Park; Jun Young Jang; Jungbin Kim; Seong Eun Kwak; Junghwa Kim. DOI: 10.1119/5.0118197
PARST Educational Tool for Planet Positioning by Arthit Laphirattanakul; Suwicha Wannawichian; Pornrat Wattanakasiwich. DOI: 10.1119/5.0064069
Measuring the Expansion Coefficient of Water Using Lloyd’s Mirror by Shizhuo Luo; Minghui Ma; Zhongping Wang; Lazhen Sun; Zengming Zhang. DOI: 10.1119/5.0135164
Bringing Ternary Energy Diagrams into the Mainstream by Bob Brazzle; Selena Ensalaco; Evan Roach; Noah Bodine. DOI: 10.1119/5.0139994
Addressing a Sensible and Latent Heat Misconception Using an Inquiry-Based Activity by Daniel Ruben Soto. DOI: 10.1119/5.0101418
The First Step to Address the Teaching of Entropy by Lorena Atares; Maria Jose Canet; Macarena Trujillo; Javier Paricio. DOI: 10.1119/5.0135846
Challenging ChatGPT with Different Types of Physics Education Questions by Víctor López-Simó; Mikael Frank Rezende, Jr. DOI: 10.1119/5.0160160
Geometrical Optics Study of the Magnifying Glass by Salvador Bosch Puig; Santiago Vallmitjana Rico; Ignasi Juvells Prades. DOI: 10.1119/5.0134446
Ultraviolet and Infrared Light Blocked by Glass? Verifying through Simple Experiments by Yi Jinn Lillian Chen; Jing-Yuan Ko; Shuo Hong Wang; Jiann-Shing Lih; Tzu-Chun Chen; Jeng-Fung Hung. DOI: 10.1119/5.0135148
Malus’s Law and a Dynamic Three-Polarizer System by Peiqi Li; Xun Lei; Haonan Cui; Lu Zhao. DOI: 10.1119/5.0145116
Activities to Help High School Students Understand Newton’s Second Law of Motion by Joseph El-Helou; Calvin S. Kalman. DOI: 10.1119/5.0126405
The Takeoff of an Airliner: Is It a Good Example of Uniformly Accelerated Motion? by Fabio Augusto Meira Cassaro; Luiz Américo Alves Pereira; Luiz Fernando Pires. DOI: 10.1119/5.0128751
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