Tiffany-Rose Sikorski

May 1, 2024 | pubs.aip.org | Hyo Seok Choi |Tiffany-Rose Sikorski |Don Lincoln

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May 1, 2024 | pubs.aip.org | Kenyon College |Hyo Seok Choi |Tiffany-Rose Sikorski |Don Lincoln

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May 1, 2024 | pubs.aip.org | David James |Tiffany-Rose Sikorski |Hyo Seok Choi

Encourage starting small; building a sink-top unit to start is an excellent way to gain experience and understand the mechanics of forming soap films. Monitor the environmental temperature of the laboratory as well as the temperature of the soap solution; both of these factors can affect film longevity and resilience. A soap:water:glycerol mix of 15:1:0.025 held at a temperature of 40 °C was found to produce the most resilient film for testing.

Apr 7, 2023 | link.aps.org | Gary White |Columbian College |Tiffany-Rose Sikorski |Justin Landay

Abstract Limiting case analysis (LCA) is important to practicing physicists. Yet, there is little concrete guidance for physics educators, and a lack of consensus in the research community about how to help students learn, and learn from, limiting case analysis. In this study, we first review existing literature to find commonalities and variations in how instructors encourage and assess students’ limiting case analysis and to highlight how it has been used by practicing physicists.