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TATI -- A Logo-like interface for microworlds and simulations for physics teaching in Second Life
Renato P. dos Santos
Student difficulties in learning Physics have been thoroughly discussed in the scientific literature. Already in 1980, Papert complained that schools teach Newtonian motion by mani…
Second Life Physics: Virtual, real, or surreal?
Renato P. dos Santos
Science teaching detached itself from reality and became restricted to the classrooms and textbooks with their overreliance on standardized and repetitive exercises, while students…
Second Life: game, simulator, or serious game?
Renato P. dos Santos
This article reports on an exploratory case study conducted to examine the viability of Second Life (SL) as an environment for physical simulations and microworlds. It begins by di…
Weyl conformastatic perihelion advance of small body objects
Abraao J. S. Capistrano, Waldir L. Roque, Rafael S. Valada
In this paper, we examine a static gravitational field with axial symmetry over probe particles in the solar system. Using the Weyl conformastatic solution as a model, we find a no…