March 01, 2000 Filed in:
Demo CornerDiana Hall, Bell High School, Nepean
Diana_Hall@ocdsb.edu.on.ca
Diana Hall presents two simple demonstrations.
Read More...Tags: Forces, Motion
January 01, 2000 Filed in:
Demo CornerEd van den Berg and Rosea van den Berg, University of San Carlos, Talamban Campus, Cebu City, Philippines
edberg@durian.usc.edu.ph
This article was excerpted (with the authors’s permission) from a longer article in The Physics Teacher
(Sept. 1998, p.356-8).
What can we do to have clear and exciting lessons without a great amount of demonstration apparatus and hours of preparation each day? We present here a collection of small and quick demos that require no equipment beyond what is present in a classroom (chalk, chairs, students, books, paper, backpacks and their contents). Some are to prove something, but most are to illustrate, visualize, or simulate. These basic and well-tried ideas will stimulate students and revive the instructor who has spent a late night checking student papers. Have fun!
Read More...Tags: Kinematics, Motion, Optics
