If You Build It, They Will Learn: 17 Devices for Demonstrating Physical Science

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NSTA Press, 2006 - 285 pagine
If You Build It, They Will Learn is the perfect do-it-yourself guide for physics teachers who want custom-made demonstration projects to use in their classrooms. Devices like Galileos Track, Coupled Pendulum, and Gum-Wrapper Thermostat will help you teach forces, energy, properties of matter, and much more. Best of all, you dont need an engineering degree to assemble these devices. The book provides such detailed instructions that even novices can handle the necessary tasks and tools.
 

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Introduction
1
1 Galileos Track
11
2 Can You Top This?
25
3 Inertia Block
43
4 Resonant Pendulums
55
5 Heros Fountain
81
6 String Racers
97
7 Solar Motor
115
11 Mystery Boxes
175
12 Balloon in a Bottle
193
13 Hot Warm or Cold?
205
14 What Color Is Inside?
215
15 Gum Wrapper Thermostat
229
16 Simple Motor TwoCoil Motor
241
17 Lightbulbs
257
Appendix A Resources
277

8 Weigh Your Cans
133
9 Balanced Breakfast Box
151
10 Heavy Foam
163
Appendix B Research Review
279
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