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Book Chapter | May 2009
This lab introduces students to refraction using something they can experience. They really do not understand what is going on when a pencil is put into water and appears to bend. It is difficult to see rays of light…
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Journal Article | February 2020
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Journal Article | April 2019
Exploring light as it moves from one medium to another with the intriguing result of different speeds—the bending of light we call refraction.
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Focus on Physics: The Index of Refraction
Journal Article | July 2019
Building an understanding of physical principles
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Collection | July 2016
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Journal Article | November 2020
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Journal Article | February 2021
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Journal Article | August 2021
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Using Understanding by Design to Make the Standards Come Alive
Journal Article | October 2021
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Newspaper Physics for First-Year College Students
Journal Article | January 2023
This article describes and illustrates a physics course for first-year college students whose only knowledge of physics is that they do not like the subject. The physics content is driven entirely by what appears in…
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Journal Article | July 2022
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Journal Article | January 2022
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Journal Article | January 2023
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Case Study | July 2019
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Case Study | June 2018