Some simple, low cost and useful apparatuses are described which are easy to be made, even as homework by students. Their usefulness will be found in a number of experiments which normally require expensive and not commonly available instruments in the school laboratory. […]
The use most of our pupils usually make of computers at home doesn’t help their understanding of school subjects, in our case physics. Readers are invited to discuss and share any positive computer based school experience they might have. […]
A simple experiment to demonstrate streamline flow around a sphere falling at terminal velocity in a viscous fluid. […]
A random error analysis casually led to the identification of a systematic error. This suggests a new use for inaccurate chronometers. […]
Following the pupils’ suggestions and curiosity it is sometimes possible to remove some of their preconceptions. […]