Past Featured Articles

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November 2009

• A Simple Demonstration of Back emf
• Steel Spheres and Skydiver – Terminal Velocity
• Using Ethnic Art to Emphasize Laws of Reflection
 

October 2009

• Why Does the Goldfish Disappear in the Fishbowl?
• The Real Prize Inside: Learning About Science and Spectra from Cereal Boxes
• Interacting Compasses
 

September 2009

• Time Trials — An AP Physics Challenge Lab
• Motors and Bulbs in Series
• The ‘Nut-Drop’ Experiment—Bringing Millikan’s Challenge to Introductory Students
 

May 2009

• The YouTube Makeup Class
• Double-Glazing Interferometry
• Physics Labs with Flavor
 

April 2009

• Kinematic Measurements from YouTube Videos
• Nanomagnetism: A Case History of Nanoscience and Technology
• An MBL Experiment to Analyze the Torque on a Rigid Body
 

March 2009

• An Exercise in Vehicle Kinematics and Energetics
• Innovative Uses of Video Analysis
• Cellular Phones Helping To Get a Clearer Picture of Kinematics
 

February 2009

• Analog of Optical Elements for Sound Waves in Air
• The Glass Computer
• A Physics Road Rally
 

January 2009

• Plucked String on a Shoestring Budget
• Electricity: From Tabletop to Power Plant
• Video Analysis with a Web Camera