The aim of this work is to show the didactic and scientific potentialities of the AMD5 detectors used in the ADA project (Astroparticle Detector Array)[1] for the introduction of cosmic-ray physics in the last year of Liceo scientifico. The dependence of cosmic rays on solar activity and atmospheric parameters were observed and interpreted. […]
This article describes some useful experiences made in the teaching of physics through the use of astronomical simulation software. […]
Some non conventional experiments on thermometry and water density carried out in lower secondary school are described. A novel development of basic research on free convection in water was suggested by the analysis and discussion with children of the features of a “wrong thermometer”. […]
As it is written in many books, within a vehicle in free fall or in a spacecraft orbiting the Earth, everything goes as if there were no gravity, a situation commonly described as “weightlessness.” In the handbooks on relativity, a free-falling vehicle is considered as an example and a practical realization of an inertial reference system. […]