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Volume 44, Number 6, November 2009

 
NEWS
561Outreach: Polish physics club reaches out with practical demonstrations
Networking: Online workspace helps teachers to share ideas
Mauritius: Telescope inspires science specification
Fusion: EFDA sparks resources
Olympiad: British team enjoys success at the International Physics Olympiad 2009
Nanoscience: 'Quietest' building in the world opens in Bristol, UK
Conference: University of Leicester hosts the GIREP EPEC 2009 international conference

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FRONTLINE
567Keeping all of the balls in the air
Keith S Taber
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569A simple quantitative verification of Archimedes' principle in air explained
Salvatore Ganci
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570
FREE
Weighting magnetic interactions
A Bonanno, G Bozzo, M Camarca and P Sapia
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573
FREE
Demonstrating the persistence of field/current with time in a superconductor
Imran Iqbal, Gren Ireson and Karen Moss
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575Cheap toys blow students away
Frank Lane
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FEATURES
577
FREE
Pulse oximetry as a medical physics practical on school trips
Adam P Gibson, Elizabeth Chandra and Manik Chandra
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582
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Mirages in a bottle
T López-Arias, G Calzà, L M Gratton and S Oss
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589Design and development of a microscopic model for polarization
E Petridou, D Psillos, E Hatzikraniotis and J Viiri
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599A magnetic set-up to help teach Newton's laws
Bhinyo Panijpan, Thanida Sujarittham, Kwan Arayathanitkul, Jintawat Tanamatayarat and Suchai Nopparatjamjomras
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603The SEPnet coil demonstrates electricity generation
Clare Harvey and Jonathan Hare
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607Experiments with an induction cooker
Peter Zilavy
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612
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Revival of the jumping disc
C Ucke and H-J Schlichting
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618A proposal of VnR-based dynamic modelling activities to introduce students to model-centred learning
Federico Corni and Enrico Giliberti
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624Google Earth physics
C E Aguiar and A R Souza
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627
FREE
Bringing science research into secondary schools
Dan A Allwood, Julian Dean, Matthew T Bryan and Alan Baker
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633
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Making connections to the 'real world': a model building lesson
Shusaku Horibe and Bret Underwood
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639Efficiency measurement using a motor–dynamo module
Pun-hon Ng, Siu-ling Wong and Se-yuen Mak
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644
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Climbing, slipping and Newton's second law
Michael J O'Shea
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652A force transducer from a junk electronic balance
Horacio Munguía Aguilar and Francisco Armenta Aguilar
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PEOPLE
656Interview: Physics can fascinate the public
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REVIEWS
659Book: George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt
Book: 50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know
Book: Head First Physics
Book: Force and Motion—An illustrated Guide to Newton's Laws
Book: Froth! The Science of Beer
Equipment: SEP Charge Indicator
Book: How Mathematics Happened—The First 50,000 Years
Web Watch

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LETTERS
665Teach to learn
Roll or slide?
Reply to the above letter by the author of 'Reconstruction of Galileo Galilei's experiment: the inclined plane'

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SIGNING OFF
668Can Santa's magic help us to weigh air?
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AUTHOR INDEX WITH TITLES
 Author index with titles
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