The article presents the general lines of a project on quantum mechanics developed for a 32-hour course in the context of pre-service training of Secondary School Teachers in mathematics & physics. The students had a degree in Mathematics and had never met quantum mechanics before. […]
Revisiting an important project for teaching physics to young students: questions and tests for youngsters from the Nuffield Science Teaching Project in Britain. […]
A simple pocket-size, battery operated Geiger counter is here described. It may be used in classroom to test low emission radioactive sources, or to detect background radiation. […]
A simple low cost homemade device that converts radio wave energy from a mobile phone signal to electricity for lighting an LED is described. No battery or complex circuitry is required. The device allows a range of interesting experiments on the physics and technology of mobile phones. […]
By making paper balls with crumpled sheets of paper and studying the functional relationship between their mean diameters versus their mass it is possible to introduce the concept of fractional dimensions to students. […]
Measuring light spectra with a simple homemade grating spectroscope. […]