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Pre-university physics teaching during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Croatian and Slovenian schools
Authors: Štibi I , Čepič M , Pavlin J 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
In Croatia, as in Slovenia, all schools were closed on 16 March 2020 due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (COVID 19). This has changed the way of teaching and thus has an impact on physics teaching, which encourages experimentation. The paper presents the results of the study on physics teaching during the pandemic in Croatia and Slovenia at the pre-university level. The data were collected using an e-questionnaire. The results show how physics was taught by 332 teachers during the pandemic and highlight the problems they faced during online teaching, focusing on experimental work. It is evident that teachers from both countries tried their best to deliver physics lessons through direct teaching as well. Moreover, they tried to include the experiments and they were very flexible about the students’ obligations and much of what they learned during this time will be implemented in regular classes.
Smartphysicslab: a creative Physics Laboratory using Arduino and smartphones
Authors: Cicuta Pietro , Organtini Giovanni 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
We address aspects of innovation in the practice of experimental physics that are made possible thanks to the availability of ubiquitous and/or cheap digital technologies having the potential to improve the experience and learning outcomes throughout the physics curriculum. The ongoing pandemic poses specific challenges on the traditional approach to laboratory teaching in large labs. The innovation described here, developed independently by us over many years, aims to help maintain or even improve the development of experimental skills also in this new context. We present an analysis of the current situation and describe our proposal with a call for action, centering on the development of an open and bottom-up “Smart Physics Lab” community for the sharing of resources and good practice.
Physics teaching and history of teaching: discoveries from the study of ancient didactic experiments
Authors: Lino N T , Ramos E M F , Benetti B 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
The present research had as its main objective an analysis of curricular transformations that have occurred in the physics teaching, specifically in the topics of “Fluid Mechanics”, through an examination of old instruments no longer in use in a physics laboratory of a Brazilian school. The study begins with the intention of giving a name and meaning to an old dusty instrument found in the laboratory, the Nicholson’s Areometer. From this work of identifying the materials, we realized that experiments on “Fluid Mechanics” found in the laboratory had disappeared from current textbooks and official documents, showing changes in the Brazilian physics curricula. We consider these changes as one of the factors that contributed to the disuse of laboratory equipment today. For the survey and analysis of laboratory materials, a qualitative, exploratory and documentary research was carried out. From this research, the feasibility of resuming disused laboratories and materials as tools for physics teaching was evidenced, and this re-analysis movement may represent a first step to assist teachers in the effective use of such materials in their schools. Finally, we found that some of the reasons mentioned by teachers for not using experimental activities, such as lack of space and equipment, were not identified in the school studied.
Requirements for future quantum workforce – a Delphi study
Authors: Gerke F , Müller R , Bitzenbauer P , Ubben M , Weber K-A 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
With new quantum technologies and new applications comes a new need for specialists, the new quantum workforce. This brings new challenges for education that the typical quantum mechanics courses for physicists do not address. Requirements for the future quantum workforce need to be collected and training programmes created. In between, there should be a European competence framework on which to build the training programmes. One goal of the European Flagship project QTEdu is to develop this framework for second-generation quantum technologies. The Delphi study presented here serves as a basis for this: The aim is to identify knowledge and competences in the field of quantum information technologies, which are partly already needed in industry today, but especially in the future.
Quantum technologies: a course for teacher professional development.
Authors: Sutrini C. , Malgieri M. , Macchiavello C. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractWe present an educational path for teacher professional development whose primary purpose is to enhance physics teachers’ knowledge and awareness of topics related to quantum computation and quantum information, and of their relevance for technological advancement. Besides their objective importance, also stressed by several authors and projects, the choice of topics not traditionally covered in the final year physics curricula also arises from the concrete possibility of developing a multidisciplinary path, able to represent under a unified perspective several subjects treated in secondary school physics and mathematics. The project is realized in the context of the Italian PLS (Plan for Science Degrees) and the education section of the Quantum Flagship. Due to the limitations related to the COVID-19 pandemic it was entirely delivered in the form of synchronous distance learning and was attended by around 30 teachers. Asynchronous discussion was performed using both generally available tools (Google drive, forms etc.) and a dedicated online forum set up on the servers of the University of Pavia. We discuss the structure of the educational path and the results of the first part of the course whose purpose was describing the transition from classical to quantum computation. In general, from both the written pre-questionnaire and the mid-course interviews, strong appreciation and fascination emerge for the cultural significance of the introduced topics and connections.
Conceptual metaphor in teaching/learning electric circuits for student teachers of primary school and kindergarten
Authors: Corni F , Michelini M 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Integration between cognitive linguistic aspects and physics has been performed in the Physics Education course of the Master’s Degree for prospective primary teachers at the University of Udine in Italy. Conceptual metaphors have been introduced to the students, who were then invited to apply the ideas to the electric circuits. In this contribution we present some relevant results of this activity pointing out how students have worked with metaphors, gaining better conceptual understanding on the disciplinary topic.
Inquiring Electricity in Primary School: A Non-Formal Teaching Education Case Study
Authors: Adesso M G , Capone R , Fiore O 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
In this paper we describe a primary school teachers’ training project which includes laboratory activities as part of non-formal education curricula. Fifty teachers and three researchers in the South of Italy were involved in the project. Some inquiry activities were proposed, while teachers and researchers co-planned some further laboratory activities and experiments, all of which were carried out with 9-10 aged pupils. In the case study described, children used artifacts made from simple and low-cost materials, and transformed them into instruments to experiment with electrical phenomena. By observing the researcher who directly acted in the classroom and actively attended the students during the laboratory phases, the teachers improved their professional knowledge in teaching Physics through laboratory activities within a non-formal environment.
Waves in a swimming pool: a teaching/learning path for teachers’ education
Authors: Tamborini M , Ludwic N , Giliberti M 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
An innovative teaching sequence on underwater diving Physics has been experimented for nine years in a High School in Milano (Italia) to help teachers and students to build a deep comprehension of the wave phenomena. This activity involves all the 15-year-old students attending their second year in the school together with their teachers. It has been implemented under the supervision of the Milano City Police Diving Division in collaboration with the Physics Department of the University of Milan. Many Physics issues, such as optics, acoustics, heat, fluids and dynamics laws, can be explored under water. In the presented contribution the focus will be on the main features of acoustic and electromagnetic waves propagation through air and water by using common descriptors like impedance and energy. The presented proposal may be used as a case study on how to improve the physics teachers’ skills to innovate their educational approach in full autonomy.
Integrating inquiry based learning in physics teacher education through a seminar about processes of gaining knowledge in science
Authors: Tampe J , Spatz V 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Internalizing the process and methods of scientific research is fundamental both for young people who are getting prepared to work as scientific researchers, as well as for those who participate in social discourses on scientific issues as responsible citizens. In addition, many current problems can not only be solved from a specialist perspective; interdisciplinary cooperation plays an important role in research and society. It is therefore important that teachers know teaching concepts that enable students to acquire competencies to be prepared for these challenges in life. To implement this, a new pre-service teacher study curriculum was developed as part of the MINTplus2 (engl. STEMplus2) project at TU Darmstadt, which conveys interdisciplinary teaching approaches, especially about STEM. As a part of this project, we developed a new seminar which focusses especially on didactic concepts like inquiry-based learning in order to prepare pre-service science teachers to convey their students the methodological knowledge of the scientific research process. This paper shows the seminar structure embedded in the whole project and the first evaluation results with n=14 concept maps of seven students that show that there is a measurable increase in knowledge regarding the seminar topic.
An overview of physics teacher professional development activities organized within the Italian PLS-Physics plan over the past five years
Authors: Michelini Marisa , Malgieri Massimiliano , Corradini Olindo , De Angelis Ilaria , Bernarduzzi Lidia Falomo , Giliberti Marco , Pagliara Stefania , Pavesi Maura , Sabbarese Carlo , Salamida Francesco , Straulino Samuele , Immè Josette 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
The Italian PLS-“Piano Lauree Scientifiche” project has among its objectives the improvement of school-university cooperation, with a special emphasis on in-service teacher professional development. In pursuit of such goal, growing resources and an increasing effort to strengthen the collaboration with schools have been employed in the past years. A working group within the physics section of the PLS project has developed a questionnaire to inquire about teacher formation activities organized during the past five years. After extensive revision and testing, the university network of PLS-Physics was asked to fill the questionnaire. The resulting data from 139 initiatives provides an interesting perspective on the kind of activities, organizational choices and educational priorities for teacher professional development within the PLS-physics project.
Low-cost high-resolution measurements of periodic motions with Arduino in physics teacher in-service education
Authors: Somogyi A , Kelemen A , Mingesz R 
Published: July 2022

AbstractIn this paper, we would like to briefly illustrate the situation a physics teacher-to-be or a practising physics teacher has to face when assigning a role to modern experiments in his or her physics lessons. Afterwards, we would like to present good practices that suggest that computer-aided experimentation has entered public education in the country. We summarize the main aims and some results of the HAS Research Group of Technical Informatics Methodology in combining technical computer sciences with the education of physics. Finally, we present some typical ‘textbook experiments’ for basic conceptions of physics reconsidered using the Arduino platform and low-cost experiment setup.
Teaching optical polarization in high schools: mathematics and experiments
Authors: Pallotta F , Bondani M 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
The study of the nature of light is one of the main topics of the Italian physics curriculum. The polarization of light and the specific mathematical tools (vectors, matrices, and complex numbers) needed to describe it are the basis for the description of discrete quantum systems. This makes the study of polarization a relevant paradigmatic example to be included in high school physics curricula, even if the mathematical support required seems quite challenging for students. We have devised a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) program for in-service physics teachers aimed at designing a comprehensive teaching-learning sequence on polarization.
Teacher identity in science education – Results of an empirical study on first- and third-person narratives
Authors: Veith J M , Bitzenbauer P 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
We discuss the term teacher identity and its significance for teacher education and teachers’ professional development. From the literature, we derive a definition of the term that associates teacher identity with first- and third-person narratives. In this way, the construct teacher identity becomes operationalizable in empirical studies: Therefore, we conducted a first exploratory study with N = 89 science and non-science teachers at five German secondary schools. This study’s results indicate that the approach of identifying the construct teacher identity with first- and third-person narratives could be fruitful for future empirical research in this field.
A computer scientist’s reconstruction of quantum theory*
Authors: Westerbaan Bas , van de Wetering John 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
The rather unintuitive nature of quantum theory has led numerous people to develop sets of (physically motivated) principles that can be used to derive quantum mechanics from the ground up, in order to better understand where the structure of quantum systems comes from. From a computer scientist’s perspective we would like to study quantum theory in a way that allows interesting transformations and compositions of systems and that also includes infinite-dimensional datatypes. Here we present such a compositional reconstruction of quantum theory that includes infinite-dimensional systems. This reconstruction is noteworthy for three reasons: it is only one of a few that includes no restrictions on the dimension of a system; it allows for both classical, quantum, and mixed systems; and it makes no a priori reference to the structure of the real (or complex) numbers. This last point is possible because we frame our results in the language of category theory, specifically the categorical framework of effectus theory.
Lattice conformation of theta-curves accompanied with Brunnian property
Authors: Kim Hyoungjun , Lee Hwa Jeong , No Sungjong , Oh Seungsang , Yoo Hyungkee 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
A theta-curve is an embedding of the Greek letter Θ shaped graph in three-dimensional space. This is a useful physical model for polymer chains since theta-curve motifs are often present in many circular proteins with internal bridges. A Brunnian theta-curve is a nontrivial theta-curve with the property that if we remove any one among three edges, then the remaining knot can be laid in the plane without crossings. We focus on the rigidity of polymer chains with the Brunnian theta-curve shape by using the lattice stick number which is the minimal number of sticks glued end-to-end that are necessary to construct the theta-curve in the cubic lattice. The authors have already shown in a previous research that at least 15 lattice sticks are needed to construct Brunnian theta-curves. In this paper, we improve the lower bound of the lattice stick number for Brunnian theta-curves to 16.
Quantum monadic algebras
Authors: Harding J 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
We introduce quantum monadic and quantum cylindric algebras. These are adaptations to the quantum setting of the monadic algebras of Halmos, and cylindric algebras of Henkin, Monk and Tarski, that are used in algebraic treatments of classical and intuitionistic predicate logic. Primary examples in the quantum setting come from von Neumann algebras and subfactors. Here we develop the basic properties of these quantum monadic and cylindric algebras and relate them to quantum predicate logic.
Assessment of heavy metals and nutrients availability in oil palm plantation effected by bauxite mining using geostatistical and multivariate analyses
Authors: Mazidah Z , Amalyn A , Shuhada N T , Fuad M M , Fikriah F , Izzuddin M A 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
The study aimed at evaluation of soil heavy metals in oil palm plantation and selected nutrients availability effected by mining. It was investigated using multivariate and geostatistical analyses followed by assessment using environmental indices. Samples were collected from both mining and oil palm cultivated area, prepared, and analyzed using ICPMS. Semi-variogram and kriging were done by using GS+ and ArcGIS 10.8, respectively. Content of Cu, Cr and Zn were higher compared to the Dutch target values and the 95% ‘Investigation Levels’ determined for Malaysia soil, while Pb showed a lower value. Analysis of Principal Component suggested that the heavy metals were from one source of contamination, particularly the mining activities and long-term agricultural practices. Geostatistics analyses revealed that Zn, Cu, Pb and Fe confront to a strong spatial dependence structure and in line with multivariate and statistical analysis, except for Cr, which had a moderate spatial dependence. Geoaccumulation Index demonstrated contamination occurred in the order of Cr>Cu>Fe>Zn>Ni>Pb. The heavy metals contamination has impacted the micronutrients contents as lower K, Ca and Mg were observed. These findings highlight that combining multivariate and geostatistical analysis can be valuable tools for assessing environmental contamination.
Monitoring of mangroves changes in Pulau Kukup using geographical information system (GIS)
Authors: Nordin Nur Hazimah , Rahman Ainul Husna Abdul , Wahab Norshahriah Abdul , Sembok Tengku Mohd bin Tengku , Shukran Mohd Afizi bin Mohd , Yunus Mohd Sidek Fadhil Mohd , Isnan Sarah 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Mangroves forests provide a support to the coastal livelihood, ecosystem, socioeconomic and also the environment. In Malaysia, the mangroves forest has been in declining rate causes by a few factor such as conversion to shrimps ponds, urban development and tourism. Such threats led to increasing demand for detailed mangrove maps for the purpose of measuring the extent of deterioration of the mangrove ecosystem. However, it is difficult to produce a detailed mangrove map mainly because mangrove forest is very difficult to access. Remote sensing technology provides a genuine alternative to the traditional field-based method of mangrove mapping and monitoring. This study analyses and map the mangrove forest changes at Pulau Kukup, Ramsar Site Johor from 2013 until 2021 using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). The findings of this study are the mangrove forests in Pulau Kukup, Ramsar Site Johor, revealed an unfavourable shift leading to deforestation from 2013 to 2016. However, between 2019 and 2021, the mangrove forest improves as the forest’s vegetation grows.
A review of Google Earth Engine application in mapping aquaculture ponds
Authors: Rajandran Arvinth , Tan Mou Leong , Samat Narimah , Chan Ngai Weng 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Google Earth Engine (GEE) can effectively monitor aquaculture ponds, but it is underutilized. This paper aims to review the application of GEE in mapping aquaculture ponds around the world using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method. A total of 16 journal articles have been identified since 2019 from the Scopus and Science Direct databases. Most of the studies were conducted in China and United States using the Sentinel-2, Sentinel-1 and Landsat 8 images. Random Forest and Decision Tree are commonly used machine learning classifiers in GEE-based aquaculture ponds mapping studies. In general, some studies reported that GEE can extract the spatial distribution of aquaculture ponds with great overall accuracies, which are more than 90%. Difficult to detect small ponds and misclassification due to similar spectral reflectance are among the limitations reported in previous studies. Future research directions include incorporation of more aquaculture pond extraction techniques and different types of satellite images in GEE.
Assessing Safety Level of Affordable Housing Based on Safe City Concepts
Authors: Ali Salwa Najlaa Mohamad , Tarmidi Zakri , Maimun Nurul Hana Adi , Noor Noorsidi Aizuddin Mat , Hassan Noordyana , Sidek Akhmal , Nasir Ahmad Nabil Mohd , Ramly Zuhaili Mohamad 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
Safety of residential areas, especially affordable housing has become an important aspect, and has been listed as part of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) initiatives by the United Nation (UN). Several initiatives on measuring the safety level have been proposed, including Safe City Index 2019, Safe City Program, Defensible Space Concept, crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED), Smart Sustainable Cities, etc. However, some of these initiatives focus only on crime, others focus on steps to improve safety and other models that are broader but not specific to safety. Besides that, these models place less emphasis on the aspects of spatial assessment, especially the safety level assessment based on affordable housing location in Malaysia. To handle these issues, this study’s aim is to enhance current indicators to assess the safety level of affordable housing, using Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as a case study area. This study identified 6 indicators; crime, safety and security, infrastructure security, accessibility, natural disaster, and health security. Spatial analysis was done based on the indicators, and from the results, it shows that almost all of the affordable housing score are more than 50%, with the highest score is 76.50%, and the lowest score is 44.7%. This indicator can be used as a basis to assess the safety level of affordable housing, especially in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.