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Publication Date: June 5, 2104
Tracker video analysis that looks at Flash from the TV series and Quicksilver from the X-Men movie to estimate which one is faster. A discussion of the kinematics of the two…
Converting Legacy Apps to JavaScript  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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W. Christian, D. Brown, and R. Hanson, AAPT Winter Meeting 2023 (2023).
Copyright: January 1, 2023
The lack of Java support in browsers, on mobile devices, and on Chromebooks was a major setback for education because thousands of Java simulations developed and used by teachers are…
Is Wealth Inequality Inevitable?  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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W. Christian, H. Gould, and J. Tobochnik, NC AAPT Fall Section Meeting 2022 (2022).
Copyright: October 5, 2022
Many societies exhibit large wealth inequalities but what is the cause of this inequality? This talk describes simple models of economic activity that show that inequality may be…
Heads, Hearts, and Hands in Computational Physics  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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W. Christian, APS Virtual April Meeting 2020 (2020).
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APS Excellence in Physics Education Award Session invited talk that describes how Open Source Physics (OSP) material in the AAPT-ComPADRE National Science Digital Library can be used…
Computer-Based Physics Education at Davidson College  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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W. Christian, AAPT Summer Meeting 2019 (2019).
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Over the past twenty-five years, the Davidson College Physics Department has been involved in the development of some of the most widely used interactive computer-based curricular…
  
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W. Christian and M. Belloni, AAPT Summer Meeting 2019 (2019).
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OSP presentations at the 2019 PTRA Summer Leadership Institute will be July 24-28, 2019 at Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. The two presentations provide links to new progressive…
Measuring Sound and Acceleration Using Only a Browser  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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W. Christian, NC AAPT Fall Section Meeting 2019 (2019).
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Mobile devices contain microphones, accelerometers, and gyroscopes that can record data using only a web browser. We have developed three Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) using the EJS…
  
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W. Christian, AAPT 2018 Summer Meeting (2018).
Copyright: January 1, 2018
Science is a universal activity and interdisciplinary and international collaborations are common in traditional research but less so in education because teaching material is…
JavaScript Physlets  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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W. Christian, NC AAPT Fall Section Meeting 2018 (2018).
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Physlets are a widely used teaching resource developed at Davidson College consisting of scriptable Java applets designed to simulate a wide variety of physical phenomena. Within the…
Open-Source Computational Material for Physics Teaching  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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W. Christian, APS April Meeting 2017 (2017).
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This presentation in the Online Communities Supporting Physics Education Session describes open source curricular material for students and teachers who have different skills and…
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