Abstract
Role-play as a way of teaching is seldom used in physics. One reason is that role-play isusually constructed so as to contain some sort of conflict and conflicts do not often appearin the course of normal physics teaching. When it comes to the role of physics in war,role-play is an ideal way of presenting content to students. By taking part inrole-play students become actively engaged in the teaching situation, developingtheir interest in physics. They also get a chance to understand the ethical issuesinvolved.This article presents an example of a role-play based educational programme concerningthe development of, the decisions behind, and the use of the Hiroshima and Nagasakibombs during World War II. Some early research results are presented from evaluatingthe educational programme in lower and upper secondary schools in Denmark.
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