Refraction of Sound

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…

Refraction

Journal Article | February 2020

Refraction

Journal Article | March 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.

Focus on Physics: The Index of Refraction

Journal Article | June 2019

Building an understanding of physical principles

Newton’s Prisms

Journal Article | November 2020

What’s in a Wave?

Journal Article | February 2021

Outrageous Optics

Journal Article | August 2021

Using Understanding by Design to Make the Standards Come Alive

Journal Article | October 2021

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…

Engaging Students with Magnets, Rulers, Globes, Rocks, Leaves, and . . . Dogs

Journal Article | July 2023

Rainbow to Grow

Journal Article | July 2022

A Problem-Solving Experiment

Journal Article | January 2022