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Spicker, Sebastian J., Kuepper, Alexander and Bresges, André ORCID: 0000-0002-3350-979X (2022). Mission to Mars - Concept and Implementation of a Design-Based (Hands-On) Smartphone Experiment Helping Students Understand the Effects Caused by Differences in Air Pressure. The Physics teacher / American Association of Physics Teachers, 60 (1). 47 - 51. New York, NY: Stony Brook. ISSN 1943-4928

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Abstract

Physics is not a very popular subject at German schools, and several studies indicate that girls are less interested than boys in the traditional physics curriculum. To address this problem, physics education should be up to date, context oriented, interesting for girls and boys, and emerge from their everyday life. The ROSE study shows that astronomy, human biology, and space are interesting for boys and girls and therefore a suitable context for physics lessons. In the field of astronomy and space exploration, the research is both highly current and part of the students' life, as they hear about discoveries and missions in the news. One possible future space mission is the human exploration of Mars. Such a trip is not easy; various factors have to be considered and risks must be minimized. One risk is the vacuum in space while there is higher air pressure in the spaceship itself. This aspect must be taken into account when designing a spaceship, for example, the Crew Dragon by Space X.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Spicker, Sebastian J. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kuepper, Alexander UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bresges, André andre.bresges@uni-koeln.de orcid.org/0000-0002-3350-979X UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-656884
DOI:	10.1119/10.0009109
Journal or Publication Title:	The Physics teacher / American Association of Physics Teachers
Volume:	60
Number:	1
Page Range:	47 - 51
Date:	2022
Publisher:	Stony Brook
Place of Publication:	New York, NY
ISSN:	1943-4928
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Science Education > Institute of Physics Education
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language MISCONCEPTIONS Multiple languages Education, Scientific Disciplines; Physics, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/65688