Modeling the Mousetrap Car

Autor/in	Jumper, William D.
Titel	Modeling the Mousetrap Car
Quelle	In: Physics Teacher, 50 (2012) 3, S.137-142 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-921X
DOI	10.1119/1.3685107
Schlagwörter	Physics; Hands on Science; Mechanics (Physics); Kinetics; Science Instruction; Models; Motor Vehicles; Spreadsheets; Computer Uses in Education; Secondary School Science; College Science; High School Students; College Students; Introductory Courses + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Physik; Mechanik; Kinetik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Analogiemodell; Motor vehicle; Kraftwagen; Spread sheet; Spredsheets; Spreadsheet; Tabellenkalkulation; Computernutzung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Collegestudent; Einführungskurs
Abstract	Many high school and introductory college physics courses make use of mousetrap car projects and competitions as a way of providing an engaging hands-on learning experience incorporating Newton's laws, conversion of potential to kinetic energy, dissipative forces, and rotational mechanics. Presented here is a simple analytical and finite element spreadsheet model for a typical mousetrap car, as shown in Fig. 1. It is hoped that the model will provide students with a tool for designing or modifying the designs of their cars, provide instructors with a means to insure students close the loop between physical principles and an understanding of their car's speed and distance performance, and, third, stimulate in students at an early stage an appreciation for the merits of computer modeling as an aid in understanding and tackling otherwise analytically intractable problems so common in today's professional world. (Contains 11 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association of Physics Teachers. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740. Tel: 301-209-3300; Fax: 301-209-0845; e-mail: pubs@aapt.org; Web site: http://scitation.aip.org/tpt
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10