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Anno LVI - n.2 - aprile/giugno 2023 Una misura del raggio terrestre per turisti
In the Tuscan Archipelago it’s possible to make an approximate measurement of the Earth’s radius from the Elba Island using the Pianosa Island as a ship that appears and disappears on the horizon depending on the observer’s height above sea level. […]
Anno LVI - n.2 - aprile/giugno 2023 Lente cilindrica e misura dell’indice di rifrazione dell’acqua
Geometric optics, even in the simple paraxial approximation, has significant explanatory capabilities across various phenomena. As an example of its predictive power, we present a measurement of the water refraction index by studying the focal properties of a cylindrical lens realized with readily available materials. […]
Anno LVI - n.2 - aprile/giugno 2023 La didattica satellitare: una risorsa per la formazione dei cittadini del futuro
The article describes an educational project that used Earth observation satellites to engage students in a hands-on learning experience. The project was carried out in the third classes of the scientific track; the students were divided into groups and tasked with researching an Earth observation satellite and presenting their findings in a video. […]
Anno LVI - n.2 - aprile/giugno 2023 Teoria della misura: nodi concettuali e proposte didattiche
Recent research about the professional development needs as perceived by Italian physics teachers showed that measurement theory ranked last in a list of 17 physics topics. This result may be due to the fact that measurement theory is often taught just at the very beginning of physics courses in high school, […]
Anno LVI - n.1 - gennaio/marzo 2023 Forze, inerzia e moto da Aristotele alla didattica dei giorni nostri
In this work, we will examine the historical evolution of the core of dynamics, the relationship between forces and motion, focusing particularly on the principle of inertia. Our aim is to highlight an aspect that seems to us to be largely underestimated in literature, […]
Anno LVI - n.1 - gennaio/marzo 2023 Il moto browniano tra didattica e arte
I show how to create a chaotic sculpture starting from Brownian motion. […]
Anno LVI - n.1 - gennaio/marzo 2023 Il corso PSSC: può ancora interrogarci oggi?
This article presents a brief treatise of history, methodology and contents of PSSC course, with a specific attention to some laboratory activities. Is PSSC course still current today? […]
Anno LVI - n.1 - gennaio/marzo 2023 Il fonautografo di Koenig a Roma
This article mainly illustrates the rediscovery of a rare phonautograph builted by Rudolph Koenig, one of the best makers of scientific instruments of the nineteenth century, at the Liceo Classico “Pilo Albertelli” in Rome. There are also references to the person of Koenig, […]