ERIC Number: EJ1091305
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Mar
Pages: 3
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Making Inexpensive 3-D Models
Manos, Harry
Physics Teacher, v54 n3 150-152 Mar 2016
Visual aids are important to student learning, and they help make the teacher's job easier. Keeping with the "TPT" theme of "The Art, Craft, and Science of Physics Teaching," the purpose of this article is to show how teachers, lacking equipment and funds, can construct a durable 3-D model reference frame and a model gravity well tailored to specific class lessons. Most of the supplies are readily available in the home or at school: rubbing alcohol, a rag, two colors of spray paint, art brushes, and masking tape. The cost of these supplies, if you don't have them, is less than $20.
Descriptors: Models, Visual Aids, Science Materials, Material Development, Science Equipment, Educational Practices, Physics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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