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Motion of a ball attached to a mass via a hole in a horizontal table 通过水平桌面上的孔连接到质量块上的球的运动
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-18 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6552/ad79d2
Rod Cross
Measurements are presented of the circular motion of a ball on a table attached to another ball by a length of thread via a hole in the table. It is a standard problem often assigned to students, but the experimental results differ from predictions.
本实验测量了一个球在桌面上做圆周运动的情况,这个球通过桌面上的一个小孔用一根线连接到另一个球上。这是一个经常布置给学生的标准问题,但实验结果与预测不同。
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Optical transmission and refraction at the atomic level 原子层面的光学传输和折射
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-16 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6552/ad721a
Peter J Riggs
The standard explanations for the phenomena of transmission and refraction of electromagnetic waves of optical wavelengths upon entering a transparent medium is in terms of the speed of the waves being altered. However, these phenomena are explicable without assuming that the speed of electromagnetic waves changes. The actual speed does not alter in various media but is customarily assumed to do so as this facilitates straight-forward calculations and allows easily understood explanations to be advanced. An underlying account of transmission and refraction at the level of individual atoms is presented in which the speed of electromagnetic waves remains constant.
对于光波长的电磁波进入透明介质后的透射和折射现象,标准的解释是电磁波的速度发生了变化。然而,无需假设电磁波的速度发生了变化,这些现象也是可以解释的。在各种介质中,实际速度并不会发生变化,但人们习惯性地假定速度会发生变化,因为这有利于进行简单的计算,并能做出易于理解的解释。本文介绍了在单个原子水平上透射和折射的基本原理,其中电磁波的速度保持不变。
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LeviLabs: learning about sound through acoustic levitation LeviLabs:通过声学悬浮学习声音
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-15 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6552/ad7219
Andreas Johansson, Sebastian Kilde-Westberg and Jonas Enger
Sound waves are often studied as part of mechanical waves in the upper-secondary and undergraduate physics curricula. Acoustic levitation is an application of standing-wave phenomena, growing in popularity through the recent adoption of low-cost ultrasound transducers. Nevertheless, acoustic levitation has not yet been included in the standard phenomena investigated in undergraduate and upper-secondary physics courses. The objective of this Frontline is to introduce acoustic levitation in the classroom. This is done with LeviLab, a low-cost and easy-to-use experiment, accompanied by three hands-on procedures (LeviLabs): modifying the cavity length, visually representing standing waves with multiple levitated particles, and a tactile experience by moving a single particle between nodes. The first procedure yields the most accurate speed of sound measurements, while the second and third offer valuable qualitative insights into standing wave properties. This work demonstrates the educational potential of acoustic levitation to investigate sound waves. It aims to make the phenomenon accessible as a learning resource for upper-secondary and undergraduate physics laboratories by providing engaging hands-on experiences for qualitative and quantitative exploration.
在高中和本科物理课程中,声波通常作为机械波的一部分来学习。声悬浮是驻波现象的一种应用,最近由于采用了低成本的超声波传感器而越来越受欢迎。然而,声悬浮尚未被纳入本科和高中物理课程中研究的标准现象。本前沿讲座的目的是在课堂上介绍声悬浮。LeviLab是一个成本低、易于使用的实验,并配有三个动手操作步骤(LeviLabs):修改空腔长度、用多个悬浮粒子直观地表示驻波,以及在节点之间移动单个粒子的触觉体验。第一种方法能获得最精确的声速测量结果,而第二和第三种方法则能为驻波特性提供宝贵的定性见解。这项工作展示了声学悬浮研究声波的教育潜力。它旨在通过为定性和定量探索提供引人入胜的实践经验,使这一现象成为高中和本科物理实验室的学习资源。
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Developing and implementing an Einsteinian science curriculum from years 3–10: A. Concepts, rationale and learning outcomes 开发和实施 3-10 年级爱因斯坦科学课程: A. 概念、原理和学习成果
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-12 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6552/ad66a7
Tejinder Kaur, Magdalena Kersting, David Blair, Kyla Adams, David Treagust, Jesse Santoso, Anastasia Lonshakova, Shon Boublil, Marjan Zadnik, Li Ju, David Wood, Elaine Horne and Darren McGoran
There has been a growing realisation that school science curricula do not adequately reflect the revolutionary changes in our scientific understanding of the 20th century. This discrepancy between current school education and our modern scientific understanding has led to calls for the modernisation of the science curriculum. Although there have been attempts to introduce topics of Einsteinian physics (i.e. quantum physics and relativity) to school education, often at the secondary level, we still lack a seamless curriculum in which modern science concepts are gradually introduced in primary and middle schools. Guided by the Model of Educational Reconstruction and following a mixed-methods research design, the Einstein-First project aims to address this gap. Einstein-First has developed and implemented an Einsteinian curriculum from Years 3–10 (students aged 7–16) that resolves the disconnect between science in schools and modern scientific understanding. This paper presents the concepts and rationale for the Einstein-First learning approach, as well as a summary of learning outcomes in six Australian schools with 315 students across Years 3–10. Our generally positive findings lay the foundation for informed curriculum development and school education that provides all students with awareness and appreciation of the fundamental concepts that underpin the technologies of the modern world.
越来越多的人意识到,学校的科学课程没有充分反映出我们对 20 世纪科学理解的革命性变化。目前的学校教育与我们对现代科学的理解之间的这种差异,导致了对科学课程现代化的呼声。尽管已经有人尝试在学校教育中引入爱因斯坦物理学(即量子物理学和相对论)的主题,而且通常是在中学阶段,但我们仍然缺乏一个在小学和初中逐步引入现代科学概念的无缝课程。在 "教育重建模式 "的指导下,"爱因斯坦第一 "项目采用混合方法研究设计,旨在弥补这一不足。爱因斯坦第一项目开发并实施了爱因斯坦课程,从 3 年级到 10 年级(学生年龄为 7-16 岁),解决了学校科学与现代科学理解之间的脱节问题。本文介绍了 "爱因斯坦第一 "学习方法的概念和原理,以及澳大利亚六所学校 3-10 年级 315 名学生的学习成果摘要。我们的研究结果总体上是积极的,这为明智的课程开发和学校教育奠定了基础,使所有学生都能认识和理解支撑现代世界技术的基本概念。
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Gravitational music: a mathematical-musical model for the popularization of gravitational waves 引力音乐:普及引力波的数学音乐模型
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6552/ad7347
Alessandro Bile, Riccardo Santoboni, Sergio Frasca and Pia Astone
Nowadays scientific research, supported by technological development, proceeds at an inexorable speed. Thus, technical features could be difficult to understand for many of the population. Therefore, the research for a universal language has now become fundamental. At the same time, in the post-digital era, artistic research approached technology. The link between art and science has very ancient roots but in recent years has reached a complete overlap. For example, this is the case of the sonification process, which consists of the use of un-speech audio to transmit information. In this paper, we present Gravitational Music, an installation able to translate the physical phenomenon of gravitational waves propagation into sound, by exploiting an artistic approach. Gravitational Music is an efficient teaching tool that can be used for both school and adult purposes to simplify the complex language of science.
如今,在技术发展的支持下,科学研究以不可阻挡的速度向前发展。因此,许多人可能难以理解技术特征。因此,研究一种通用语言已成为当务之急。与此同时,在后数字时代,艺术研究也在向技术靠拢。艺术与科学之间的联系源远流长,但近年来已完全重合。例如,利用非语音音频传递信息的声化过程就是如此。在本文中,我们介绍了 "引力音乐"(Gravitational Music)这一装置,它通过艺术手法将引力波传播的物理现象转化为声音。引力音乐是一种高效的教学工具,既可用于学校,也可用于成人,以简化复杂的科学语言。
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Work done on a tennis ball yo–yo 在网球溜溜球上完成的工作
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-08 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6552/ad7183
Rod Cross
A tennis ball with string around an equator was allowed to fall like a yo–yo. Measurements and calculations are presented on the total work done on the ball to increase its translational and rotational kinetic energy.
让一个用绳子绕着赤道的网球像溜溜球一样下落。测量和计算了球在增加其平移和旋转动能时所做的总功。
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Inquiring into a spectral concept in the physics classroom 探究物理课堂中的光谱概念
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-08 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6552/ad744f
Russell Ng and Joonhyeong Park
We designed an inquiry activity to investigate the question ‘How transparent are transparent films and papers?’ Using an easily-replicable set up, we observed the effect of increasing the number of transparent films, thin papers and general papers between a light source and a light sensor. For each material, one sheet was added each time. The amount of light received was collected and graphed by a data logger. Our findings show that, as the number of sheets increases, the amount of light received at the receiver decreases. The general paper and thin paper stacks took 4 sheets and 10 sheets respectively to achieve negligible light transmittance. The transparent film stack did not achieve negligible light transmittance, but successive addition of sheets did lower transmittance. Evidently, transparent films are not perfectly transparent. Transparency (and opacity) is not a binary condition, but rather a continuum based on boundary conditions. The inquiry activity developed through this study, which investigates a spectrum of transparency in films and papers, may be useful for students to appreciate the spectral nature of the transparency concept across different materials.
我们设计了一个探究活动来研究 "透明薄膜和纸的透明度如何?我们利用一个易于复制的装置,观察了在光源和光传感器之间增加透明薄膜、薄纸和普通纸数量的效果。每种材料每次增加一张。数据记录器收集并显示接收到的光量。我们的研究结果表明,随着纸张数量的增加,接收器接收到的光量会减少。普通纸和薄纸分别需要 4 张和 10 张纸才能达到可忽略的透光率。透明薄膜堆叠的透光率没有达到可以忽略不计的程度,但连续增加纸张确实降低了透光率。可见,透明薄膜并非完全透明。透明度(和不透明度)不是二元条件,而是基于边界条件的连续体。本研究开发的探究活动调查了薄膜和纸张的透明度光谱,可能有助于学生理解不同材料的透明度概念的光谱性质。
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Simple experiment design for impulsive force measure at hammer and nail collisions 测量锤子和钉子碰撞时冲力的简单实验设计
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-05 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6552/ad7007
Nur Untoro, Muhammad Ramdhan
For approximately 2400 years BC, carpenters have been using hammers to nail wood. The reason for this method is unclear and evaluations of its effectiveness should not be made without proper research. Therefore, this study aims to develop a force-measuring instrument to analyze the impulsive forces produced during hammer strokes on nails. The measurement process is based on the laws of conservation of momentum and mechanical energy and the work-energy principle. The apparatus was constructed using a PVC pipe fitted with a rope pulley and load. The measurements were taken by dropping the mass onto nails embedded in the wooden specimens of keruing, teak, mahogany, and pine. The findings demonstrate that the impulsive force involved in driving nails into wood remains constant. This force is not influenced by the speed of the hammer swing, but rather by the wood’s level of hardness and penetration depth. Using harder wood results in a greater impulsive force, therefore, driving nails becomes more efficient in securing them into the wood.
大约在公元前 2400 年,木匠就开始使用锤子来钉木头。这种方法的原因尚不清楚,在没有适当研究的情况下,不应评估其有效性。因此,本研究旨在开发一种测力仪器,用于分析锤击钉子时产生的冲力。测量过程基于动量和机械能守恒定律以及功-能原理。仪器是用一个装有绳滑轮和负载的 PVC 管制成的。测量方法是将重物落在嵌在柚木、桃花心木和松木试样上的钉子上。研究结果表明,将钉子钉入木材时所产生的冲力保持不变。这种力不受锤子挥动速度的影响,而是受木材硬度和穿透深度的影响。使用硬度更高的木材会产生更大的冲力,因此钉入木材的效率会更高。
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Investigating student perspectives on alternate final assessment approaches in upper-level physics courses 调查学生对高年级物理课程期末考核替代方法的看法
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-05 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6552/ad6f66
Callum Stonehouse, Joanne M O’Meara
During the pandemic, traditional final assessments in the form of in-person, timed, invigilated final examinations were not an option. As a result, in the academic years 2020/2021 and 2021/2022, students in the second year Electricity and Magnetism courses at the University of Guelph were asked to complete personalized study guides/portfolios as a means of communicating to the instructor what they had learned in the course. Although research has shown that portfolio-style assessment procedures support student achievement at least at the same level as traditional assessment procedures and appear to have additional benefits, they have not been widely adopted in the physical sciences. The goal of this work was to assess some of the affective consequences of using portfolio assessment procedures in an upper-level core physics course. Feedback from students, both in the form of an online anonymous survey as well as a more in-depth, in-person, focus group discussion, was positive. The general consensus was that students found the portfolios to be similar in workload to preparing for a final examination but offered additional benefits such as finding them to be significantly less stressful as well as feeling a greater sense of accomplishment after submission. Learning outcomes of the course were achieved through this approach at similar levels as seen previously, as demonstrated through student performance on the pre- and post-conceptual assessment, and further evidenced by the high-level example problems included here from student submissions. Grades earned on the portfolios were similar to those seen previously with invigilated traditional final examinations. Based on these findings, portfolio assessments will remain a core component of the pedagogical toolbox employed by faculty in physics at the University of Guelph. This project was reviewed by the Research Ethics Board at the University of Guelph for compliance with federal guidelines for research involving human participants. Approval was granted on 11 January 2023, REB # 22–11-004.
在大流行病期间,无法进行传统的期末评估,即亲自参加、计时、监考的期末考试。因此,在2020/2021学年和2021/2022学年,圭尔夫大学二年级《电力与磁力》课程的学生被要求完成个性化学习指南/作品集,以此向教师传达他们在课程中学到的知识。尽管研究表明,作品集式评估程序对学生成绩的支持至少与传统评估程序处于同一水平,而且似乎还有额外的好处,但它们尚未在物理科学中广泛采用。这项工作的目的是评估在高年级核心物理课程中使用作品集评估程序的一些情感后果。通过在线匿名调查和更深入的面对面焦点小组讨论,学生们给出了积极的反馈。普遍的共识是,学生们认为作品集的工作量与准备期末考试的工作量相似,但却带来了额外的好处,例如,他们认为作品集的压力明显较小,而且在提交作品集后会有更大的成就感。通过这种方法,该课程的学习成果达到了与之前类似的水平,学生在概念前后评估中的表现就证明了这一点,这里所包含的学生提交的高水平例题也进一步证明了这一点。学生在作品集上获得的分数与以前监考的传统期末考试的分数相似。基于这些研究结果,作品集评估仍将是圭尔夫大学物理教师教学工具箱中的核心组成部分。圭尔夫大学研究伦理委员会对本项目进行了审查,以确保其符合涉及人类参与者的联邦研究指导方针。批准日期为 2023 年 1 月 11 日,REB 编号为 22-11-004。
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Weightlessness in a bottle 瓶中失重
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-04 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6552/ad7008
Stephen Hughes
A simple method of demonstrating apparent weightlessness in free fall is described. The Apollo 15 hammer and feather drop experiment can be recreated in the classroom using a book to shield the feather from air resistance. Plastic toys and a feather thrown together in a plastic bottle can be used to recreate an apparent weightless environment close to the surface of the Earth. Since the bottle follows a parabolic trajectory, the objects within also follow a parabolic path and are seen to float as if in a space ship in orbit around the Earth. This demonstration is useful for demonstrating to students that apparent weightlessness is not confined to outer space. The use of toy fish in the experiments makes a connection with the neutral buoyancy training of astronauts. The experiments also exemplify Newton’s second law that force is mass times acceleration.
介绍了一种演示自由落体明显失重的简单方法。阿波罗 15 号的锤子和羽毛坠落实验可以在教室里重现,用一本书遮挡住羽毛的空气阻力。塑料玩具和羽毛一起扔进塑料瓶中,可以用来重现接近地球表面的表面失重环境。由于瓶子沿着抛物线轨迹运行,瓶中的物体也沿着抛物线轨迹运行,因此可以看到它们漂浮在空中,就像在环绕地球轨道运行的太空船中一样。这一演示有助于向学生证明,表面失重并不局限于外太空。实验中使用的玩具鱼与宇航员的中性浮力训练有关。实验还体现了牛顿第二定律,即力是质量乘以加速度。
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