This paper, presented at the 2002 Physics Education Research conference, describes a study conducted to investigate small-group discussions in an inquiry-based middle school science classroom in order to determine the...

Created by Lang Moore and David Smith for the Connected Curriculum Project, the purpose of this module is to explore the effects of an external driving force on a simple linear oscillator, damped or undamped. This is...

Three European organizations provide electronic access to the Codex 72, part of the Galilean Collection at the Biblioteca Nazionale Central in Florence, Italy. Codex 72 discusses "theorems on motion published in the ...

This is a collection of online physics courses designed for elementary and middle school teachers. Current courses are on light, electricity and magnetism, temperature, heat, and energy, and force, motion, and energy....

This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) feature presents a discussion with country music star Clint Black describing how both a guitar and the space shuttle rocket and spacecraft resonate. The air...