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WM14: A Simple LED Light Source for Multiple Online Experiments
If experiments conducted outside of the physics laboratory are to become a standard part of online physics courses, the cost to the student must be mi...View more
WM14: An Electricity and Magnetism Problem-based Learning Experience Using Tablets
A neutrino detection scenery taken from the Science 360 app is analyzed in the problem-based learning (PBL) formalism. This activity was worked out in...View more
WM14: Applying the Correspondence Principle to the Three-Dimensional Rigid Rotor
According to the quantum mechanical correspondence principle, a quantum system can pass well as a classical system if the system's quantum numbers are...View more
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Meet Shannon
In high school, physics was the most difficult and rewarding class I took. My teacher, Mr. K., was a natural storyteller: a lesson on kinematics was woven into tales of his past life as a smokejumper. Newton’s laws taught during a discussion of the construction of a huge bridge in town. On the last day of class, Mr. K. rounded us all up and we got on a bus to a nearby amusement park. Timing the ascent of a roller coaster, I suddenly knew: one day I would become a physicist.
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