Familiarizing Students with the Basics of a Smartphone's Internal Sensors

Autor/in	Countryman, Colleen Lanz
Titel	Familiarizing Students with the Basics of a Smartphone's Internal Sensors
Quelle	In: Physics Teacher, 52 (2014) 9, S.557-559 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-921X
DOI	10.1119/1.4902204
Schlagwörter	Physics; Science Instruction; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices; Science Laboratories; Educational Technology; Teaching Methods; Technology Uses in Education; Scientific Concepts; Motion; Scientific Principles + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Telekommunikationstechnik; Unterrichtsmedien; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Bewegungsablauf
Abstract	"The Physics Teacher's" "iPhysicsLabs" column has been dedicated to the implementation of smartphones in instructional physics labs as data collection devices. In order to understand any data set, however, one should first understand how it is obtained. This concern regarding the inclusion of smartphones in lab activities has arisen in response to the creation of this column1 as well as to a paper in a recent issue of "Physics Today." The majority of the labs featured in the "iPhysicsLabs" column to date make use of the internal accelerometer, common to nearly all smartphones on the market today. In order to glean meaningful conclusions from their data, students should first understand how the sensor works, as was pointed out in the first article to be featured in that column. We attempt to elucidate this "iBlackBox" using a simple ball-and-spring model. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10