Using Tide Data in Introductory Classes
Ocean tides are not typically high in our consciousness here in Missouri, but in teaching astronomy and physical science the subject always comes up, and teachers of physical science and astronomy are...
Laser Measurement of Optical Errors of the Eye
One way to motivate students' interest in physics is to teach it in the context of medicine.1 Optics, for example, can be taught with examples from the eye. For many years simple optics of lenses has ...
Whatfollows is a description of a simple experiment developed ina nonmathematical general education science course on sound and lightfor fine arts students in which a guitar is usedwith data collection hardware and software to verify the propertiesof standing waves on a string.