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Newton's Third Law Fidget Lab
I'm interested in curating a series of hands-on desktop activities that allow students to develop physical intuition for physics...

Mark Schober
Aug 14, 20202 min read
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3D-Print Your Own Lab Clamps
Clamps! You can never have too many, and a great table clamp is indispensable when setting up labs in the physics classroom. But table...

Mark Schober
Aug 14, 20207 min read
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The Richness of Learning From One Another
I was interviewed for the August 2020 Science Modeling Talks podcast. Click the image below and have a listen. In this episode, Mark...

Mark Schober
Aug 12, 20201 min read
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Low-Cost Wave Generator Apparatus
This apparatus is a low-cost wave-driver and amplifier driven by a free smartphone app for investigating wave propagation in strings. ...

Mark Schober
Aug 11, 20206 min read
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LED Photoelectric Effect Apparatus
I first encountered Wayne Garver's low-cost LED photoelectric effect apparatus at a St. Louis Area Physics Teachers workshop in 2005....

Mark Schober
Aug 10, 20201 min read
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Slow Acceleration Apparatus
To help students develop a kinesthetic sense of accelerated motion, it is ideal for them to investigate the acceleration of an object...

Mark Schober
Aug 7, 20202 min read
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Soda Can Photoelectric Effect Demo
The photoelectric effect was at the heart of not just one Nobel Prize, but two! If you can plunk down $175 for a short wave UV source,...

Mark Schober
Aug 7, 20201 min read
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