The Physics Teacher
March 2023
Volume 61 Issue 3
This month's cover showcases an image from efieldsim.ithaca.edu/, a new electrostatic simulator (see “Teaching electric fields with a simulation and game” by Colleen Countryman, Ted Karanja Mburu, and Liana Rodelli, page 170). These new tools are intended to complement and build upon the traditions established by Ruth Chabay’s Electric Field Hockey game and the PhET simulations, and feature options such as voltage “heat map” visualizations, dynamic vector field maps, and equipotential lines.
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
Polarization by reflection by Carl E. Mungan. DOI: 10.1119/5.0142252
Electric vehicle efficiency and regenerative braking by William J. Layton. DOI: 10.1119/5.0124670
Erratum: “The Projectile Scattering Apparatus—A Modern Update to a Classic Experiment,” by Phys. Teach 61, 6–9 (Jan. 2023) Kurtis A. Fletcher, Nicole M. Lallier and Jack M. Masman. DOI: 10.1119/5.0142423
AWARDS
Homer L. Dodge Citations for Distinguished Service. DOI: 10.1119/5.0143917
PAPERS
The Resting Breathing Rate of the Dinosaur Plateosaurus trossingensis via Conservation of Energy by Scott Lee and Justyna Slowiak-Morkovina. DOI: /10.1119/5.0077948
Teaching Electric Fields with a Simulation and Game by Colleen Countryman, Ted Karanja Mburu and Liana Rodelli. DOI: /10.1119/5.0072538
Coulomb’s Law: Augmented Reality Simulation by Andrej Vidak, Iva Movre Šapić, Vladimir Dananić and Jadranko Batista. DOI: 10.1119/5.0076101
Effect of Angular Amplitude on the Result of a Pendulum Experiment by Meng Pan and Jie Zhang. DOI: /10.1119/5.0046992
Pulling a Spool by Carl E. Mungan. DOI: 10.1119/5.0042450
Refrigerator Magnet Investigation by Allison Daubert, Žan Jerman and Gorazd Planinsic. DOI: 10.1119/5.0068668
Discussing Electricity Based on the Video This Might Shock You: Downed Power Line by Luciano Denardin. DOI: 10.1119/5.0075921
Mind Control Helmet: A Fun Demonstration about Sound and Electromagnetism by Antonio Eff-Darwich and Adán Yanes-Gómez. DOI: 10.1119/5.0079318
Gauss Theorem and Pointlike Charges: When Infinitesimals Make the Difference by Antonio Agnesi. DOI: 10.1119/5.0075543
Some Thoughts about Longitudinal Wave Machines by Thomas B. Greenslade Jr. DOI: 10.1119/5.0048347
Engaging Students from Introductory Physics Courses in Socio-scientific Debates by Maykell Julio de Souza Figueira and Roberto Nardi. DOI: 10.1119/5.0074342
Getting More Out of Midterm Assessments by Georg W. Rieger, Jess McIver, Silvia Mazabel, Sean Cooper and Gerwald Lichtenberg. DOI: 10.1119/5.0075793
Physics Figures by Chadwick Young and Kaisa Young. DOI: 10.1119/5.0068332
Simulating the Action Principle in Optics by Refath Bari. DOI: 10.1119/5.0053475
Testing a Bell Inequality with a Remote Quantum Processor by Jed Brody and Robert Avram. DOI: 10.1119/5.0069073
Spin Direction of a Hemispherical Object by Edy Wibowo, Sutisna, Naily Ulya and Mamat Rokhmat. DOI: 10.1119/5.0048889
Using a Spreadsheet Program to Fit a Gaussian Function by Michael W. Ray. DOI: 10.1119/5.0063278
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.