Ann-Marie Pendrill 2008 Phys. Educ. 43 158 doi:10.1088/0031-9120/43/2/004
Ann-Marie Pendrill
Show affiliationsA carousel gives possibilities to explore physics in rotating systems and to gain first-hand experience of methods to measure rotation, without the need for an external reference. This paper discusses the Foucault pendulum, as well as the sideways deflection of horizontally and vertically moving objects in a rotating system. These experiments lay the foundation for an understanding of ways to demonstrate that the Earth spins around its axis.
01.40.Ha Learning theory and science teaching
01.40.Fk Physics education research (cognition, problem solving, etc.)
Issue 2 (March 2008)
Received 23 October 2007
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