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PhysicsQuest and ComPADRE for Middle School Teaching  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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B. Christian and W. Christian
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B. Christian and W. Christian, North Carolina Science Teachers Association (2010).
Abstract: A workshop for middle school teachers based on four PhysicsQuest experiments from the American Physical Society. Teachers learn how the 2009 PhysicsQuest kit can be used…
  
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G. Zhu
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This thesis uses a number of Open Source Physics simulations to explore issues related to students’ common difficulties in learning upper-level undergraduate quantum mechanics and…
Newton's Cradle Applet  [ Computer Program ]
  
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F. Hwang and L. Wee
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Newton's cradle, named after Sir Isaac Newton, is a device that demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy via a series of swinging spheres. A typical Newton's cradle…
A History of The OSP-CoLoS Collaboration  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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W. Christian, M. Belloni, F. Esquembre, F. Hwang, and S. Divjak
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W. Christian, M. Belloni, F. Esquembre, F. Hwang, and S. Divjak, MPTL 16 and HSCI 2011 (2011).
Over the past ten years, Open Source Physics (OSP) and Conceptual Learning of Science (CoLoS) members have worked together to produce the world’s largest collection of interactive…
Simulating What You See  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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D. Brown and W. Christian
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D. Brown and W. Christian, MPTL 16 and HSCI 2011 (2011).
This conference proceedings paper describes how the Tracker video analysis and modeling program enables students to create particle model simulations based on Newton's laws and to…
  
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M. Belloni, W. Christian, and F. Esquembre
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M. Belloni, W. Christian, and F. Esquembre, MPTL 16 and HSCI 2011 (2011).
For the past thirty years, U.S. high school science instruction has evolved toward common teaching standards. Despite this trend, consistent, well organized multimedia-based…
Aligning Simulations with US Teaching Standards  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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M. Belloni, W. Christian, and F. Esquembre, MPTL 16 and HSCI 2011 (2011).
This conference proceedings paper shows how EJS simulations from the OSP Collection can be used to support teaching standards in the US. We describe how ComPADRE tools are used to…
OSP 3D Eclipse Workspace  [ Computer Program ]
  
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C. Jara, F. Esquembre, and W. Christian
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The OSP 3D Eclipse Workspace contains the source code and examples for the Simple 3D and Java 3D implementations of OSP 3D API. The Simple 3D implementation uses only the standard…
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L. Wee, C. Chew, G. Goh, S. Tan, and T. Lee, Phys. Educ., 47 (4), 9 (2012).
This article reports on the use of Tracker as a pedagogical tool in the effective learning and teaching of projectile motion in physics. When a computer model building learning…
Modeling What You See with Tracker Workshop  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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A. Cox and W. Christian, WCPE 2012 (2012).
Videos of Angry Birds, roller coasters and shark breaches are all opportunities to teach physics. In video analysis, students see physics in action as they collect kinematic data…
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