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Why Magnification Works, Terry L. Smith, Jay S. Huebner
Why Magnification Works, Terry L. Smith, Jay S. Huebner
Terry L. Smith
The simplest way to magnify the view of a small object is to bring the object closer to the eye, and of course science teachers know about magnifying glasses, telescopes, and microscopes.But why magnification works seems intuitive and is not usually explained to our students. We present here a few ideas on magnification that we use in our classroom and some general information on vision that we hope will be helpful to other teachers.
Multi-Ball Collisions, Terry L. Smith, Jay S. Huebner
Multi-Ball Collisions, Terry L. Smith, Jay S. Huebner
Terry L. Smith
Explanation to use the "double-ball" demonstration as a model for the supernova core bounce.