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written by James Cunningham
published by the Jossey-Bass- A Wiley Imprint
This comprehensive collection of nearly 200 investigations, mini-labs, and other activities uses everyday examples to make physics concepts easy to understand by providing interaction between interaction between students and their world in a way that encourages scientific reasoning.  Topics covered include measurement, motion, force, pressure, energy and momentum, waves, light, and electromagnetism.
Pages 672
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Education Practices
- Active Learning
General Physics
- General
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Upper Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Laboratory
Appropriate Courses Categories Ratings
- Physical Science
- Physics First
- Conceptual Physics
- Algebra-based Physics
- AP Physics
- Lesson Plan
- Activity
- Laboratory
- New teachers
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© 1994 John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
ISBN Number:
087628-845-X
Keywords:
active learning, activities, mini labs
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Metadata instance created May 25, 2006 by Kathleen Stadler
Record Updated:
April 19, 2009 by Lyle Barbato
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J. Cunningham, (Jossey-Bass- A Wiley Imprint, San Francisco, 1994), WWW Document, (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/087628845X/qid=1148585006/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-1151694-1150531?s=books&v=glance&n=283155).
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J. Cunningham, Hands-On Physics Activities with Real-Life Applications: Easy-to-Use Labs and Demonstrations for Grades 8-12 (Jossey-Bass- A Wiley Imprint, San Francisco, 1994), <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/087628845X/qid=1148585006/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-1151694-1150531?s=books&v=glance&n=283155>.
APA Format
Cunningham, J. (1994). Hands-On Physics Activities with Real-Life Applications: Easy-to-Use Labs and Demonstrations for Grades 8-12. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass- A Wiley Imprint. Retrieved December 3, 2024, from http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/087628845X/qid=1148585006/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-1151694-1150531?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
Chicago Format
Cunningham, James. Hands-On Physics Activities with Real-Life Applications: Easy-to-Use Labs and Demonstrations for Grades 8-12. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass- A Wiley Imprint, 1994. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/087628845X/qid=1148585006/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-1151694-1150531?s=books&v=glance&n=283155 (accessed 3 December 2024).
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Cunningham, James. Hands-On Physics Activities with Real-Life Applications: Easy-to-Use Labs and Demonstrations for Grades 8-12. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass- A Wiley Imprint, 1994. 3 Dec. 2024 <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/087628845X/qid=1148585006/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-1151694-1150531?s=books&v=glance&n=283155>.
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