The Physics Teacher
October 2022
Volume 60 Issue 7
Is Physics in Crisis? The Mystery of the W Boson
This Month’s Cover... features Fermilab’s Wilson Hall and reflecting pool. The CDF (Collider Detector at Fermilab) experimental collaboration recently released its final measurement of the mass of the W boson. For more information, see Don Lincoln’s article, “Is Physics in Crisis? The Mystery of the W Boson.”
Photo Credit: Reidar Hahn, Fermilab
Columns
And the Survey Says..., Astronotes, Figuring Physics, For the New Teacher, Just Physics, iPhysicsLabs, Little Gems, Physics Challenge for Teachers and Students, Fermi Questions, Talkin' Physics, Technology In The Classroom, Tricks of the Trade, Visual Physics, and Websights.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Comments on Just Physics?—“The game of grades and the hidden curriculum”, by Don McCarthy. DOI: 10.1119/5.0099775
Molecular appreciation!, by Paul Hewitt. DOI: 10.1119/10.0014296
EDITORIAL
An appreciation of Pam Aycock, by Gary White. DOI: 10.1119/10.0014298
AAPT AWARDS
AAPT awards. DOI: 10.1119/10.0014299
PAPERS
Is Physics in Crisis? The Mystery of the W Boson by Don Lincoln. DOI: 10.1119/5.0120900
Magnetic Poles: A Missing Manual by Wayne Mark Saslow. DOI: 10.1119/5.0079043
Measuring and Modeling the Force between Permanent Magnets by Edward Russell Forringer. DOI: 10.1119/5.0058797
From Balancing a Stick to Tightrope Walking: How Added Mass Influences the Act of Balancing by Leonid Minkin and Anthony C. Zable. DOI: 10.1119/10.0014300
Teaching Room Acoustics by Douglas C. Orzolek and Shelley A. Blilie. DOI: 10.1119/5.0038523
A Microcontroller-Based Experiment to Determine the Magnetic Field Near a Straight Current-Carrying Wire by Fatih Önder, Esra Bilal Önder and Mehmet Ogur. DOI: 10.1119/5.0044498
Empowering Journey Making an Interactive Video Vignette by Egla Ochoa-Madrid, Lani Chau and Matthew Wright. DOI: 10.1119/5.0046043
In Service of Equity: 3D-Printed Models in University Introductory Physics by Brokk K. Toggerson. DOI: 10.1119/5.0042458
FPAT—A Framework for Facilitating the Teaching and Learning of Using Fermi Problems Originating in Mathematics Education Research by Jonas Bergman Ärlebäck and Lluís Albarracín. DOI: 10.1119/5.0040017
Online Course on Quantum Physics: Reading Primary Sources with Secondary School Students by Philipp Bitzenbauer and Tim Zenger. DOI: 10.1119/5.0054100
Online Radiation Experiment on Gamma-Ray Absorption from an Early Quack Device by Yugjeet S. Grewal, Raul Fernando Reynoso, Ruben Reyes, John R. Walkup and Michael A. Walkup. DOI: 10.1119/5.0033638
Dynamic Energy Transfer Models by Marcus Kubsch and Patti C. Hamerski. DOI: 10.1119/5.0037727
Demonstration of Thermoelectric Power Generation with a Thermoelectric Cooler by Rong Bai, Shuaishi Liu, Taiting Liu, Zhongbo Sun, Yufeng Lian and Keping Liu. DOI: 10.1119/10.0014301
Carbon Nanodots in Beer and Cola: An Interesting Way to Introduce Nanomaterials and Their Applications by Ngo Khoa Quang. DOI: 10.1119/5.0060951
Drawing the Light Paths at a |Lens to Find Its Effective Focal Length and Principal Planes by Shih-Hsin Ma, Jun-Yi Wu and Chun-Ming Chiang. DOI: 10.1119/5.0020125
A High-Speed Test of the Equivalence Principle by Hollis Williams. DOI: 10.1119/5.0038935
Speed of Sound Measurement Using an Ultrasonic Motion Detector by I. E. Santosa. DOI: 10.1119/10.0014302
Rethinking the Ideal Gas Law Using Graphs by Fei Wang. DOI: 10.1119/10.0014303
GPS-Synchronized Data Collection and Time Stamping by William Baird, Adrian Pizano and Jordan Ruff. DOI: 10.1119/10.0014304
Drop Tower Physics II by William A. (Toby) Dittrich. DOI: 10.1119/5.0098169
Measuring Mass with a Rubber Band and a Smartphone by Daniel Nichols. DOI: 10.1119/5.0032177
Race and Physics Teaching Collection Resource
Race and Physics Teaching Continued May 2020-January 2021
DNA Science Lesson & Digi-Kit
Inspired by an article from The Physics Teacher, this multidisciplinary lesson and digital resource collection is based on How Rosalind Franklin Discovered the Helical Structure of DNA: Experiments in Diffraction (Braun, Tierney, & Schmitzer, 2011). Click the image to access this resource.
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