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String and tape experiments
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, the principal hindrance in utilizing the experiments discussed above is procrastination
or inertia. The difficulty of getting the items of equipment together on the part of a busy
teacher is always a problem. I can only say, on the basis of my own experience, that once the
gear has been collected, the students really appreciate being able to perform experiments themselves.
The satisfaction in seeing how physics operates outweighs the outlay in time and effort -
and the equipment wil also be ready for next year’s class.
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NUFFIELD FOUNDATION SCIENCE TEACHING PROJECT. Revised Nuffield Physics. Years I and 2. Teachers ’
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NEW GAMES FOUNDATION. New Games Book. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1976.
WERNER, P.H.; BURTON, E.C. Learning through Movement: Teaching Cognitive Content through Physical
Activities. St. Louis, MO., Mosby, 1979.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
With the exception of figures 27, 30 and 31, the illustrations are redrawn from EDGE, RD. String and Sticky
Tape Experiments. Department of Physics, University of Carolina, United States. 1980.
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