This paper describes the second prize-winning entry to 1991-1992 “Prernio Bonacini” contest for high-school boys on gravitational field. The 15 year-old students measured the gravitational constant, ascertaining quantitatively the proceeding of the gravitational field. […]
Bonacini prize 1995/96: “From the merry-go-round to the satellite: forces acting on rotating bodies”. The article, taken from the report of the first classified work. describes three experiments: the growth of small wheat plants on a turntable rotating night and day, […]
Simple quantitative experiments on thermal expansion (solids, liquids and gases). Bonacini Prize, 1990/91. The article describes the apparatus which 12 year old students used to measure the expansion of metal rods and rubber bands and briefly discusses results. […]
This article describes the first prize-winning entry to the l988 “Premio Bonacini” contest for middle-school children on electrical and magnetic phenomena. The 13 year-old pupils designed and built the apparatus and performed the experiments. The project required good organisation, division of responsibilities, […]
An experience in teaching the fundamental concepts of the classical electromagnetic in middle-school (12 year old pupils) is reported. Very simple experiments on the magnetic effects induced by the electrical current and vice versa were developed by the pupils whose spontaneous descriptions, […]
We begin to study the properties of gases through a well-known mechanical model, then we perform a school-Iab replica of Volta’s experiment on the dilatation of gases at constant pressure. After observing that the behaviour of air is close to that of ideal gases, […]
A few experiments on the behaviour of real gases were performed. They show that the behaviour of air at constant temperature is quite similar to that of an ideai gas but, at constant pressure and varying temperature, the different behaviours of various gases (air, […]
Experimental study on the utilization of solar energy: from photosynthesis to the fabrication of a solar panel. […]
This article describes an entry to the Bonacini Annual Contest lor experimental work in the school. The theme of the Contest was “Energy Transformations”. In their practical work, the 12-year old pupils built simple appliances in which different kinds of energy transfers took piace. […]