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- projectilemotionPWS 5 - Understanding projectile motion through video tracking updatedtotracker4.61.docx
- Tracker instruction.docx
- PWS 5 - Understanding projectile motion through video tracking (Teaching notes)updatedtotracker4.61.docx
Software Requirements
Android | iOS | Windows | MacOS | |
with best with | no | no | need Java |
need Java |
support full-screen? | no | no | Yes | Yes |
cannot work on | no mobile browser understand Java.... |
no mobile browser understand Java.... | install Tracker from http://physlets.org/tracker/ |
install Tracker from http://physlets.org/tracker/ |
Credits
Author: Douglas Brown
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Advantages
- related to real world physics
- video as evidence for scientific thinking
- model building promotes opportunity of messing around productively (productive failure)
Research
arXiv:1206.6489 [pdf] Using Tracker as a Pedagogical Tool for Understanding Projectile Motion Loo Kang Wee, Charles Chew, Giam Hwee Goh, Samuel Tan, Tat Leong Lee Comments: 9 pages, 9 figures; this http URL Subjects: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph); Classical Physics (physics.class-ph); Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
Video
Tracker Free Video Modeling for Physics Education by Douglas Brown & Youtube PD by lookang lawrence wee
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Other Resources
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- Category: 01 Kinematics
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