Spring 2014 Meeting, Bishop Hartley High Schoool
Dr. Aaron Titus - http://physics.highpoint.edu/~atitus/
I like to define
undergraduate research as asking interesting questions and finding answers to
those questions. Video analysis is one of the most economical and flexible experimental
techniques to enable students to do undergraduate research, starting with introductory
physics. Particular features of Tracker--a free cross-platform, open-source video
analysis application--allow students to easily change reference frames, compensate
for panning and zooming of a camera, auto-track objects, and test a numerical
model. Computational modeling, using tools such as Easy Java Simulations and
VPython, allow introductory students to solve problems numerically so that they
can compare predictions from theoretical models to experimental results.
Student projects will be demonstrated, with an emphasis on the benefit of
undergraduate research in the freshman and sophomore years. If you want to hook
students on the excitement of independent discovery with a budget of $300 or
less (for a camera), then video analysis and computational modeling are for
you.
A list of sites that Dr. Titus has found to be very helpful:
The American Association of Physics Teachers - http://www.aapt.org
Live Photo Physics - http://livephoto.rit.edu John Burk's Blog on Physics - http://quantumprogress.wordpress.com |
Dot Physics by Rhett Allain - http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/dotphysics/
Direct Measurement Videos by Peter Bohacek - http://www.youtube.com/user/bohacekphysics |
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Michael D. Sokoloff - University of Cincinnati - QuarkNet - http://quarknet.fnal.gov
Lenore Horner - The Seven Hills School, Cincinnati, OH
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