TPT November 2020 Issue

 

The Physics Teacher

Volume 58 Issue 8

November 2020

This month's cover is "The Color of Money" by Peppino Sapia at the Università della Calabria in Rende, Italy. It features a 100 Euro note and highlights the sophistication of the anti-counterfeiting measures evident in modern paper currency. The sequences bounded by red and blue margins show how the appearance of the inset images change when the angle of incident light is changed. The illuminating light is the Nitecore CU6 440 Lumen UV LED flashlight (white light and 365 nm UV light) and the photos have been taken face-on using a Nikon D3200 digital camera equipped with a micro lens f=105 mm.

Since August 1, 2014, the submission process for articles for The Physics Teacher has required authors to submit their article and cover letter at this website: http:www.editorialexpress.com/tpt.  Starting June 10, 2020, the submission process for articles for The Physics Teacher will change.   On or after June 10th, authors should submit their article and cover letter at this website: http://tpt.peerx-press.org/.   

 

Columns

And the Survey Says..., Astronotes, Figuring Physics, iPhysicsLabs, Little Gems, Physics Challenge for Teachers and Students, Fermi Questions, Talkin' Physics, Technology In The Classroom, Visual Physics,  and Websights.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Sex, Gender, and Physics Teaching: Part IV! by Gary White and Geraldine Cochran. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002367

A bead sliding along a rotating rod subject to elastic and frictional forces by Carl E. Mungan. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002368

Remote physics labs on exponential growth by Keith Zengel and Carey Witkov. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002369

Erratum: Betting on better buoyancy? Be careful what you wish for . DOI: 10.1119/10.0002370

Papers

Maximum Momentum and Kinetic Energy of a Rocket by Philip Blanco. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002371

Engine Cadaver Lab: Hands-On Physics that Kicks Back by Dwight E. Neuenschwander. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002372

May the Work I Have Done Speak for Me by Jack G. Hehn. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002373

Integrating Equity: Curricular Development and Student Experiences in an Intermediate-Level College Physics Major Course by Chaelee Dalton and Janice Hudgings. DOI: The Physics Teacher 58, 545 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1119/10.0002374

A FAN-C Exploration of RC Circuits by Rebekah Silar, Michael Glasscock, Brandon Mitchell and Robert Ekey Jr. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002375

Why Only U-235 and Pu-239? Classroom-Level Graphs for Understanding Heavy-Element Weaponizability Factors by B. Cameron Reed. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002376

Labs to Accompany Treatment of General Relativity in a General Education Astronomy Course by W. L. Andersen. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002377

Making Differentiation Magic in the Classroom with Minecraft by Larah Buffington and David Rosengrant. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002378

Analyzing the Dynamics of a Yo-Yo Using a Smartphone Gyroscope Sensor by Isabel Salinas, Martín Monteiro, Arturo C. Martí and Juan A. Monsoriu. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002379

Teaching Electricity and Magnetism Using Kinesthetic Learning Activities by AJ Richards. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002380

How to Teach the Electromagnetic Spectrum with Superheroes by Barry W. Fitzgerald and Thomas Plotz. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002381

An Experiment to Verify the Current Dependence of Ampère's Law for a “Long” Straight Current-Carrying Conductor by Ponn Maheswaranathan. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002382

Measuring the Acoustic Response of Classrooms with a Smartphone by Erica Macho-Stadler and Maria Jesus Elejalde-Garcia. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002383

Derivation of Magnetic Dipole Field by Inductance by Jinhui Wang. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002385

Backscattering Observations from an Airplane by Bruce J. Ackerson. DOI: 10.1119/10.0002386

The Falling Rod Race by Shiliang Shan, Jennifer A. Shore and Kristine Spekkens. DOI: /10.1119/10.0002387

 

Race and Physics Teaching Collection Resource

DNA Science TPT Element

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.