Peculiarities and problems of deaf high school students are outlined, related to the obstacles they meet in learning Physics, namely the difficulty in abstracting, generalizing, and using rules with flexibility. In particular, the typical misunderstandings due to deaf natural language are pointed out, […]
This article is an example of the physics activities for interested youngsters offered by the journals KVANT and QUANTUM. It contains a series of unusual solved problems, appropriate for high-school students, the solution of which requires making order-of-magnitude estimations. […]
This article is an example of the physics activities for interested youngsters offered by the journals KVANT and QUANTUM. It contains a series of unusual solved problems, appropriate for high-school students, the solution of which requires making order-of-magnitude estimations. […]
An experimental exercise on using a pendulum for measuring masses, proposed to the Italian students enrolled in one of the national sessions of the Physics Olympiads, is described and discussed. […]
The concepts of spontaneous and stimulated emission are well known from Einstein?s 1917 paper on radiation, but his theory of radiation comprises many other concepts-the paper is a treasure trove of physics. […]
The aim of the work is to provide a panoramic vision on electromagnetic radiation hazards, in school laboratories. Some procedures of prevention are also detailed with exposure limits and treshold values proposed by italian rules or international board, that can be used for didactical purposes also. […]