Physics – Physics Education
Scientific paper
Apr 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010phtea..48..236l&link_type=abstract
The Physics Teacher, Volume 48, Issue 4, pp. 236-239 (2010).
Physics
Physics Education
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Physics Education, Educational Aids, Astronomy, Solar System, Model-Based Reasoning, Planets, Demonstration Experiments And Apparatus, Teaching Methods And Strategies, General Physics
Scientific paper
The idea of sending students and the general public on a walk through a scale model of the solar system in an attempt to instill an appreciation of the relative scales of the sizes of the objects compared to the immense distances between them is certainly not new. A good number of such models exist, including one on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., starting at the Smithsonian Air and Space museum.1 A pioneering model and inspiration for our own is on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder,2 and there are others.3 Those at science museums are often used by the general public and field-trip groups, while the ones on college campuses are also used by students of introductory astronomy.
Kirchner Brian
Lopresto Michael C.
Murrell Steven R.
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