Volume 56 Issue 3, March 2018
The Physics Teacher
This month's cover showcases a photo from the 2017 AAPT High School Physics Photo Contest Top 100 Gallery titled "Spring is Sprung" by Michaela Emma Brooke (teacher: Daniel DuBrow) from Evanston Township High School, in Illinois. Registration for this year's contest begins March 1 at www.aapt.org. See A Tale of Two Slinkies..." by Berggren, Gandhi, Livezey, and Olf for a novel approach for using Slinkies in a physics curriculum.
Letters to the Editor
In praise of the Slinky by Thomas Greenslade Jr. DOI: 10.1119/1.5025280
Cell phones, cancer, and other problems by S. M. J. Mortazavi. DOI: 10.1119/1.5025281
Correction: “The indeterminate case of classical static friction when coupled with tension,” by Kenneth D. Hahn and Jacob M. Russell (Feb. 2018), p. 83. DOI: 10.1119/1.5025282
AAPT Awards
Homer L. Dodge Citations for Distinguished Service to AAPT. DOI: 10.1119/1.5025283
Columns
And the Survey Says..., Figuring Physics, iPhysicsLabs, Astronotes, Physics Challenge for Teachers and Students, Fermi Questions, Talkin' Physics, Technology in the Classroom, Visual Physics, and Websights.
Papers
A Tale of Two Slinkies: Learning about Model Building in a Student-Driven Classroom by Calvin Berggren, Punit Gandhi, Jesse A.Livezey, and Ryan Olf. DOI: 10.1119/1.5025285.
Using the Real-time Instructor Observing Tool (RIOT) for Reflection on Teaching Practice by Cassandra Paul and Emily West. DOI 10.1119/1.5025286
Electro-Mechanical Resonance Curves by Thomas B. Greenslade Jr. DOI 10.1119/1.5025287
Learning the Rules of the Game by Donald A. Smith. DOI 10.1119/1.5025288
Sleep and Final Exam Performance in Introductory Physics by Vincent Coletta, Colin Wikholm, and Daniel Pascoe. DOI 10.1119/1.5025289
The PASCO Wireless Smart Cart: A Game Changer in the Undergraduate Physics Laboratory by Asif Shakur and Rainor Connor. DOI 10.1119/1.5025290
A Person Stands on a Balance in an Elevator: What Happens When the Elevator Starts to Fall? by Jasmina Balukovc, Druga, Josip Slisko, and Adrián Corona Cruz. DOI 10.1119/1.5025292
The Effectiveness of “Pencasts” in Physics Courses by Nandana Weliweriya, Eleanor C. Sayre, and Dean A. Zollman. DOI: 10.1119/1.5025294
Modeling the Electric Potential and Surface Charge Density Near Charged Thunderclouds by Matthew Stephen Neel. DOI: 10.1119/1.5025296
When Does Air Resistance Become Significant in Projectile Motion? by Pirooz MohazzabiDOI: 10.1119/1.5025298
Exoplanet Science in the Classroom: Learning Activities for an Introductory Physics Course by Devin Della-Rose, Randall Carlson, Kimberly de La Harpe, Steven Novotny, and Daniel Polsgrove. DOI: 10.1119/1.5025299
Adventures from Justin’s Life: Engaging Your Physics Students by James A. Ridgley Jr. and Sherry S. Herron. DOI: 10.1119/1.5025300
Thomson’s Jumping Ring Over a Long Coil by Rondo N.Jeffery and Farhang Amiri. DOI: 10.1119/1.5025301
Additional Resources
Race and Physics Teaching Collection Resource
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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