TY - JOUR
T1 - 'School adopts an experiment': the photoluminescence in extra-virgin olive oil and in tonic water
AU - Agliolo Gallitto, Aurelio
AU - Cannas, Marco
AU - Agnello, Simonpietro
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - We report a laboratory activity, carried out along with high- and secondary-school students, that can be done to increase the interest of the young in scientific studies. Groups of selected students 'adopted' experiments at physics research laboratories, under the guidance of university researchers. Subsequently, the students demonstrated the experiments to the public at large during the annual science festival organized in Palermo by the association PalermoScienza, in collaboration with the University of Palermo. Experiments on the magnetic levitation of superconductors and on the photoluminescence of several substances were proposed. We discuss the experiment on photoluminescence as a case study. The students who adopted the experiments reinforced their commitment to learning. They acquired a physics-based knowledge of the topics connected with the experiments in a much better way compared with the usual didactics in school.
AB - We report a laboratory activity, carried out along with high- and secondary-school students, that can be done to increase the interest of the young in scientific studies. Groups of selected students 'adopted' experiments at physics research laboratories, under the guidance of university researchers. Subsequently, the students demonstrated the experiments to the public at large during the annual science festival organized in Palermo by the association PalermoScienza, in collaboration with the University of Palermo. Experiments on the magnetic levitation of superconductors and on the photoluminescence of several substances were proposed. We discuss the experiment on photoluminescence as a case study. The students who adopted the experiments reinforced their commitment to learning. They acquired a physics-based knowledge of the topics connected with the experiments in a much better way compared with the usual didactics in school.
KW - Fluorescence and phosphorescence spectra
KW - Physics education
KW - Teaching methods and strategies
KW - Fluorescence and phosphorescence spectra
KW - Physics education
KW - Teaching methods and strategies
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/56961
UR - http://iopscience.iop.org/0031-9120/46/5/015/
M3 - Article
VL - 46
SP - 599
EP - 603
JO - Physics Education
JF - Physics Education
SN - 0031-9120
ER -