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. […]
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, […]