Spaghetti can make an excellent physics lab dish. Eight ways of using spaghetti to show maths and physics topics in the lab. […]
Amazing experiments, performed with the first electrostatic machines, showed sparks and electric discharges emanating from charged bodies. The use of more efficient equipment also allowed researchers to investigate the properties of electric discharges, even thanks to specially designed devices, such as the paper and the glass perforators. […]
The article presents a review of educational tools available on the Web about the topic of weightlessness […]
In 1937 Ettore Majorana introduced quantum mechanics and relativity at the University of Naples. His remarkable lectures show his forerunning attitude, the deepness of his mind, his independence from any received teaching. After seventy years his lectures are still modern and some methodological aspects can also be applied to the teaching of physics in the school. […]