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Neat, Adam – Physics Teacher, 2022
Gravity bends light. One can argue this by reasoning that a beam of light should travel in a curved path when viewed from within an accelerating frame of reference, and then invoking Einstein's principle of equivalence, which asserts that the effects observed in an accelerating frame of reference are indistinguishable from the effects observed in…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Light, Scientific Principles
Irzik, Gürol; Nola, Robert – Science & Education, 2023
The family resemblance approach to nature of science is receiving increasing attention by science educators since its inception about a decade ago. Many scholars of science education have contributed and continue to contribute to it not only theoretically but also by applying it empirically to a wide range of areas such as curriculum and textbook…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Observation
Fontes, Daniel T. M.; Rodrigues, André Machado – Physics Teacher, 2021
Electromagnetism is a complex topic for students at different educational levels. Perhaps one of the reasons for this is that students are unable to visualize the forces, fields, currents, and other electromagnetism key concepts that are related to the topic. Most teachers address this difficulty by including the use of some technological…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Magnets, Science Experiments, Scientific Concepts
Cross, Rod – Physics Education, 2021
If a smooth ball is dropped vertically without spin on a smooth horizontal surface then one might expect the ball to bounce vertically without spin. If it does not then the centre of mass of the ball does not coincide with its geometric centre. An experiment is described where a billiard ball and a superball are deliberately biassed by adding a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Principles, Physics, Motion
Hopper, Amy; Beswick-Jones, Hana; Brown, Angus M. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2022
The application of physico-chemical principles has been routinely used to explain various physiological concepts. The Nernst equation is one example of this, used to predict the potential difference created by the transmembrane ion gradient resulting from uneven ion distribution within cellular compartments and the interstitial space. This…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Scientific Principles, Physiology, Equations (Mathematics)
Money, Nicholas P.; Fischer, Mark W. F. – American Biology Teacher, 2021
Cell size is an important variable in the study of cellular growth, metabolism, and the cell cycle. The large size of "Amoeba proteus" and the ease with which it can be collected and cultured have made it a star in biology education--and it was a model for research on cell biology before the introduction of molecular genetic methods.…
Descriptors: Cytology, Biomechanics, Measurement, Science Experiments
Michael A. Rother – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
A straightforward experimental set-up, requiring a two-liter bottle, a ruler and a stopwatch, is used to provide data appropriate for modelling with Torricelli's Law in the simplest case, and a more sophisticated differential equation when losses are taken into account and a pipe extension is considered. With only an exit hole included in the…
Descriptors: Science Experiments, Science Education, Scientific Principles, Equations (Mathematics)
Gow, Ellen; Kruse, Jerrid; Wees, Susan; Dee, Kristy; Hernandez, Leslie – Science and Children, 2023
As an introduction to sound and vibration, the authors wanted their first-grade students to plan and conduct their own investigations. In this article, the authors share a series of investigations to help students explore the relationship between sound and vibration. By planning, creating, testing, adapting, and reflecting on the outcomes of the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Acoustics, Grade 1, Elementary School Students
Rojas, Roberto – Physics Teacher, 2022
In one of the Faraday's experiments an electric current is induced in a conducting loop when a magnet in front of it moves towards or away from the loop. While the direction of circulation of the electric current in the loop has only two options, it depends on three experimental conditions that generate eight cases. Even though the Faraday law or…
Descriptors: Energy, Magnets, Science Experiments, Scientific Principles
Williams, Hollis – Physics Teacher, 2022
It is well known that Newton's work on mechanics depended in a crucial way on the previous observations of Galileo. The key insight of Galileo was that one can analyze the motion of bodies using experiments and mathematical equations. One experimental observation that roughly emerges from this work in modern terms is that two objects of different…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Mechanics (Physics), Motion, Equations (Mathematics)
Billingsley, Brianna R.; Christenson, Cory W. – Physics Teacher, 2022
A popular introductory physics laboratory experiment is one focusing on Snell's law. This is straightforward to complete with lasers and prisms, but here we present an alternative version that guides the students through some of the major historical developments, recreating and analyzing significant experiments. The discovery of Snell's law has a…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Laboratories, Laboratory Experiments, Scientific Principles
Ivanov, Dragia; Nikolov, Stefan – Physics Education, 2020
In this paper we consider the well-known experiment with the 'heavy' newspaper that breaks a stick that it is laid on. Using several appropriate control experiments we show that the currently invoked explanation using atmospheric pressure cannot be correct. We perform a theoretical analysis and propose a new explanation based on the rotational…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Physics, Motion
Yousef, Abraham L.; Smith, Alexis G. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
A multistep synthesis of a novel arylidene 3(2"H")-furanone has been designed and optimized for the second-year organic laboratory. The three-step sequence consists of a nucleophilic substitution, intramolecular cyclization, and acid-catalyzed aldol condensation, and can be carried out within two 3 h laboratory periods. The final…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Laboratory Experiments, Science Experiments, Hands on Science
Vidal, Xabier Cid; Manzano, Ramon Cid; Lema, Isaac Valiña – Physics Teacher, 2022
In this work, we present an experimental approximation to the study of the phenomenon of radioactivity in secondary schools, taking as an analogy the process of release of carbon dioxide in a carbonated beverage. In this way, we intend to facilitate the approach to the mathematical formalism and to the graphical description of this phenomenon, as…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Principles, Radiation, Secondary School Science
Hull, Michael M.; Nakayama, Shizuka; Tosa, Sachiko – Physics Teacher, 2023
Newton's laws are a ubiquitous topic in introductory physics instruction. One common problem involves asking what will happen if you stick your finger into a cup of water sitting on a scale. A way to solve the problem would be to first recognize that the water exerts a buoyant force upward on the finger, which students can recognize as being the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Principles, Concept Formation