Articoli rivista
Anno XLII - n.1 - gennaio/marzo 2009 Fisica in Barca
The project ‘Fisica in Barca’ (‘Boat Physics’), launched in 2005 and repeated a couple of years later, uses a large sailboat to promote the popularisation of physics. Young students sail along the Italian coasts from port to port, learning and experimenting the relevant physics on the way. […]
Anno XLII - n.3 - luglio/settembre 2009 Fisica senza giochi
The author describes a course for Tanzanian teachers of physics and mathematics held in August 2009, the difficulties encountered, the goals achieved and the satisfactions obtained during this extremely interesting experience. […]
Anno XXV - n.4 - ottobre/dicembre 1992 Flusso laminare di un fluido intorno ad un corpo sferico. (Traduzione da School Science Review, vol. 71, n. 257,a cura di Silvia Pugliese Jona)
A simple experiment to demonstrate streamline flow around a sphere falling at terminal velocity in a viscous fluid. […]
Anno XXXVII - n.2 - aprile/giugno 2004 Fontanella fotovoltaica
A ‘photovoltaic fountain’ uses solar energy to drive a water pump. The nature of the energy source is made evident by the immediate response of the height of the water jet to changes in the intensity of the sunlight. […]
Anno XLII - n.4 - ottobre/dicembre 2009 Force Concept Inventory: un questionario per valutare l’efficacia dell’insegnamento della dinamica
The Force Concept Inventory is designed to evaluate the teaching quality of a course on Newtonian mechanics. The structure of the FCI and its reference to students’ common concepts and misconceptions are discussed in relation to some of its items. Two actual examples of how the results can be analyzed are presented. […]
Anno XXV - n.2 - aprile/giugno 1992 Formazione degli insegnanti nella Repubblica Federale Tedesca
This article discusses the education of school-teachers in Western Germany alter the sixties, in the context of the school System, and reports the curriculum adopted in 1987 at the University of Kiel for students preparing to become physics teachers. […]