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ERIC Number: EJ121354
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1975
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Is Your Hobby Physics?
Taitt, Henry A.
Physics Teacher, 13, 3, 151-158, Mar 75
Recommends that teachers make use of the motivation that many young people devote to hobbies. Gives examples of this approach including the study of force, speed, work, power and various electrical concepts with model trains; acceleration and velocity with rocketry; focal length, magnification, field of view with astronomy and photography. (GS)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Hobbies, Instruction, Photography, Physics, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Materials, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science
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Audience: Practitioners
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