Physics Education

Presentations

• Class Explorations in Space: From the Blackboard and History to the Outdoors and Future

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2011, 8:00 AM – Nov. 19, 2011, 8:12 AM

  Authors

  • Elizabeth Cavicchi

    Edgerton Center, MIT

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• Messing about with Euclid

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2011, 8:12 AM – Nov. 19, 2011, 8:24 AM

  Authors

  • Yan Yang

    Harvard Graduate School of Education

  • Houman Harouni

    Harvard Graduate School of Education

  • Mackenzie Hird

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Brian Mccarthy

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Amanda Pillsbury

    Harvard Graduate School of Education

  • Zengxu Yang

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Play Ball!: The House That Euclid Built

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2011, 8:24 AM – Nov. 19, 2011, 8:36 AM

  Authors

  • Amanda Pillsbury

    Harvard Graduate School of Education

  • Houman Harouni

    Harvard Graduate School of Education

  • Mackenzie Hird

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Brian Mccarthy

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Yan Yang

    Harvard Graduate School of Education

  • Zengxu Yang

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Improving Astronomy Education in American High Schools and Colleges: A Review of Recent Progress

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2011, 8:36 AM – Nov. 19, 2011, 8:48 AM

  Authors

  • William Waller

    Rockport Public Schools

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• Simple Pendulum on a NASA Reduced Gravity Flight

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2011, 8:48 AM – Nov. 19, 2011, 9:00 AM

  Authors

  • Gary Garber

    Tufts CEEO

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• The Dating Game -- with Google Maps and Vector Algebra

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2011, 9:00 AM – Nov. 19, 2011, 9:12 AM

  Authors

  • Charles H. Holbrow

    Colgate University/MIT Cambridge MA

  • Shane Larson

    Dept. of Physics, Utah State University, Logan UT

  • Margaret Jensen

    Dept. of Physics, Utah State University, Logan UT

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• Misconceptions in Physical Science at the Middle School Grades

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2011, 9:12 AM – Nov. 19, 2011, 9:24 AM

  Authors

  • Zenobia Lojewska

    Springfield College

  • Donald Candela

    UMass Amherst, American Science and Engineering, Inc., STCC and UMass Amherst, Bastyr University. Naturoptics for Safe Recovery of Vision, University of Connecticut, Retired, Springfield College, UMass Amherst,, University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Peter Polito

    Springfield College

  • Donald Candela

    UMass Amherst, American Science and Engineering, Inc., STCC and UMass Amherst, Bastyr University. Naturoptics for Safe Recovery of Vision, University of Connecticut, Retired, Springfield College, UMass Amherst,, University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Donald Candela

    UMass Amherst, American Science and Engineering, Inc., STCC and UMass Amherst, Bastyr University. Naturoptics for Safe Recovery of Vision, University of Connecticut, Retired, Springfield College, UMass Amherst,, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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