Logger Pro Vidio
In Logger Pro you have the ability to import video. Once in Logger pro you must set the origin and the scale. Then you may use the marking function to track the motion of an object frame by frame. Logger Pro then converts this information into graphs such as those seen above. Finally, best fit lines and curves can be applied.
Wiki Unit Plans
http://scienceeducation.wikia.com/wiki/Physics_units
http://scienceeducation.wikia.com/wiki/Fluid_Statics#Conceptual
Microsoft Word Doc.
unit-planfluids2 is an example of a paper using some of the features in Microsoft Word.
Assignment
Proposal for equipment from www.donorschoose.org
I am looking for funding for 4 Vernier Logger Pro motion sensor for my high school physics students. We are currently studying motion and gravitational force. In order to develop and test the ideas of motion my students need to be able to analyze how things move. With a motion detector they can study constant velocity motion of carts and constant acceleration situations such as falling bodies. The benefit of this equipment is that it instantaneously graphs position, velocity and acceleration vs. time. Traditional method of using a stop watch can lead to large uncertainty in the results and can be very labor intensive when creating accurate graphs. The introduction of the Logger Pro motion sensor, will allow me to help me students to develop an intuitive relationship between acceleration, velocity and position through graphical representations and their own observations before a formal presentation is given. For example, by asking students to move back and forth in front of the sensor they connect their changes in motion with the graphical quantities. Furthermore, the equipment will allow students to easily derive the relation ship between force and motion, better understand the buoyant force in fluid dynamics, calculate friction, and analyze simple harmonic motion. It is because of the great utility and durability of the motion sensor probe, that I am requesting it 4 for my classroom.
Best,
Elizabeth E
Other uses for the Turning Point Poling Kits
The Turning Point kit may also be useful with experiments. For instance when predicting the outcome of a experiment, a class pole can be taken to determine what ideas the students have constructed outside of the classroom. This will give the teacher an idea of where her students are conceptually. I think that in order for students to really learn they must keep in mind what they originally thought and why. I think that a lot of times when a student thinks something that is wrong, this wrong idea is merely an incomplete picture of the right idea. So if we can get students to focus on completing the picture instead of overwriting ideas that they have held most of their lives, then I think students will learn a lot more and make fewer mistakes.
