Thomson and His Hypothesis: Exploring the History of Negative Charges Particle through Physics Comics Rahmah Purwahida, Dewi Muliyati, Dini Rahmadini, M Mutoharoh
Universitas Negeri Jakarta
Abstract
Most schools directly explain the formula related to the Thomson e/m hypothesis. Besides, the story behind this hypothesis is exciting. In 1897, considering the cathode ray^s characteristics, J.J. Thomson proposed the hypothesis that cathode rays were negatively charged particles that produced and moved at high speeds. This study creates comics that support physics learning in schools and present them in an attractive form. Comics are produced through development with the following steps: define, design, develop, and disseminate. Various reading sources related to the history of Thomson^s hypothesis were collected in the define stage. Then proceed with designing how the plots and scripts will be displayed in the comics. At the development stage, comics are entirely finalized, then judged by experts before being tested on users. The results show that Thomson^s comics are worthy of being used as a fun alternative learning media.
