Articoli rivista
Anno XXVI - n.1 - gennaio/marzo 1993 Il pendolo di Foucault come ausilio didattico (Traduzione da Physics Education, vol. 26, n. 2, Marzo 1991, a cura di Salvatore D’Agostino)
The Foucault pendulum can be an excellent teaching aid. For example, it can be used to measure the latitude of the place you live in. This article shows how the students and the entire population of a small village were involved in a physics experiment and discusses some modifications to the original design for an updated repetition of the experiment. […]
Anno L - n.4 - ottobre/dicembre 2017 Il pendolo fisico: teoria, simulazione, esperimento
We propose a new tool for laboratory curricula based on computer-aided data acquisition and analysis. A pendulum coupled to a low-friction rotary sensor offers variable length, variable mass, and two different kind of damping torque: “dynamic friction” (almost constant) and “viscous” friction proportional to the angular velocity. […]
Anno XXV - n.4 - ottobre/dicembre 1992 Il pendolo… in acqua
Following the pupils’ suggestions and curiosity it is sometimes possible to remove some of their preconceptions. […]
Anno XLIX - n.3 - luglio/settembre 2016 Il pendolo semplice
You can measure both the period and the amplitude of a simple pendulum “on the fly”, i.e. while it is swinging and slowing down. This was implemented years ago using a photogate connected to the serial port of a personal computer (which made the time measurements). […]
Anno XLIV - n.4 - ottobre/dicembre 2011 Il problema dei ciclisti inzaccherati
A 2010 note by L.J.F. Hermans in Europhysics News suggests a highschool-level problem-solving activity. […]