The Physics Teacher
January 2022
Volume 60 Issue 1
This month's cover features a dramatic “superior mirage” of a cruise ship thought to be caused by a temperature inversion off the coast of Cornwall, England. This photograph was taken by David Medlock on March 7, 2021, but similar conditions might have played a role in the Titanic disaster.
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
Remembering Michael Collins by Gregory Anthony DiLisi. DOI: 10.1119/5.0071104
Article about coherer applauded by William H. Baird. DOI: 10.1119/10.0009098
PAPERS
Physics in James Joyce’s Ulysses by Harry Manos. DOI: 10.1119/5.0028832
The Sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic: A Case Study in Thermal Inversion and Atmospheric Refraction Phenomena by Gregory A. DiLisi. DOI: 10.1119/10.0009099
Pictures of Signs in Sea Waves by Nada Razpet and Tomaz Kranjc. DOI: 10.1119/10.0009100
Using Math in Physics: 5. Functional dependence by Edward Redish. DOI: 10.1119/5.0040055
Collision of a Happy Ball with an Unhappy Ball by Rod Cross. DOI: 10.1119/10.0009101
Science Conferences: A Pathway for Enacting the NGSS by Brian M. Wargo. DOI: 10.1119/10.0009103
The Sound of a Laser Blaster: Acoustic Dispersion in Metal Springs Analyzed with Mobile Devices and Open-Source PC Audio Software by Kim Ludwig-Petsch, Michael Hirth and Jochen Kuhn. DOI: 10.1119/10.0009104
Arons at Amherst by Thomas B. Greenslade Jr. DOI: 10.1119/10.0009105
Going “All Quantitative” While Teaching About Light and Stars in Introductory Astronomy by Michael LoPresto. DOI: 10.1119/10.0009106
Steady-State Velocity of a Chain Falling from the Edge of a Table by Juan Rodriguez, Becky Tang, Marcos H. Martin, Adrin Irias, Amani Adel, Sebastian Zaldivar, Abel A. Carvajal, Camila Gallardo and Wojciech J. Walecki. DOI: 10.1119/10.0009107
Enriching Resource Rooms for Students with Learning Disabilities: A Case of Transparent, Semi-Transparent, and Non-Transparent Concepts by Sibel Er Nas, Hava Ipek Akbulut and Muammer Çalık. DOI: 10.1119/10.0009108
Mission to Mars — Concept and Implementation of a Design-Based (Hands-On) Smartphone Experiment Helping Students Understand the Effects Caused by Differences in Air Pressure by Sebastian J. Spicker, Alexander Küpper and André Bresges. DOI: 10.1119/10.0009109
A Novel Method for Measurement of the Refractive Indices of Transparent Solid Media Using Laser Interferometry by Arnab Pal, Pradipta Panchadhyayee, Kriti R. Sahu and Debapriyo Syam. DOI: 10.1119/10.0009110
Gaussian Formula for Ray Tracing in Lenses and Mirrors by Nuri Balta. DOI: 10.1119/10.0009111
Two Accelerating Clocks: A Relativistic Thought Experiment by Adam Neat. DOI: 10.1119/10.0009112
Improving the Wilson Cloud Chamber Using Peltier Chips by Le Anh Duc, Nguyen Minh Duy, Nguyen Quoc B, Tran Ngoc Chat and Nguyen Ngoc Hung. DOI: 10.1119/10.0009113
Sound Wave Propagation from Underdamped Free Oscillation of Metallic Cantilever Beams by Hendra Jaya Tarigan. DOI: 10.1119/10.0009114
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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