written by Aaron Titus

This is a set of handouts, a presentation, and videos that one can use for a workshop to teach others how to use Tracker. The resources may also be adapted for students to learn Tracker.

Subdocuments for this item contain:

• presentation slides in PowerPoint
  
• a one-page Tracker "cheat sheet" with instructions for the most often-used tasks
  
• a sample lab manual with 6 Tracker video analysis labs that include:
  
  • uniform motion
    
  • inertial and non-inertial reference frames (Newton's first law)
    
  • force on a person landing after a jump (Newton's second law)
    
  • center of mass motion (collision)
    
  • uniform circular motion of a bicycle wheel
    
  • conservation of angular momentum of a figure skater
    
  
  
• all videos and Tracker files for the experiments and presentation
  
• source for all handouts that can be edited with LaTeX
  

• Download tracker-lab-manual.pdf - 2909kb Adobe PDF Document

Published June 6, 2012
Last Modified June 5, 2012

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This one-page "cheat sheet" will show you the most common steps required to analyze videos with Tracker.

This file is available in multiple formats: .pdf, .zip

• Download tracker-cheat-sheet.pdf - 82kb Adobe PDF Document
• Download Tracker-cheat-sheet.zip - 221kb Compressed File

Last Modified June 6, 2012

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The zip file includes videos and Tracker files used with the PowerPoint presentation.

This file is available in multiple formats: .pptx, .zip

• Download intro-to-tracker.pptx - 324kb Powerpoint Document
• Download intro-to-tracker.zip - 2588kb Compressed File

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These are the LaTeX files, videos, and Tracker files for each experiment. Unzip this file and place all of the folders in the tracker-manual folder. The movie bicycle-wheel.mov file was removed because it was too large to upload to Compadre. Contact Aaron Titus if you would like the bicycle-wheel.mov video.

This file is available in multiple formats: .zip, .zip

• Download tracker-manual-latex-src.zip - 5840kb Compressed File
• Download tracker-lab-manual-video-src.zip - 24987kb Compressed File

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by Aaron Titus

A steel ball rolls with a constant velocity on an aluminum track with negligible friction. Its speed is approximately 0.32 m/s. The length of the track, measured from end to end, is 2.2 m.

• Download uniform-motion-ball-slow.mp4 - 195kb video/mp4

Last Modified May 22, 2024

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A steel ball rolls with a constant velocity on an aluminum track with negligible friction. Its speed is approximately 0.53 m/s. The length of the track, measured from end to end, is 2.2 m.

• Download uniform-motion-ball-fast.mp4 - 112kb video/mp4

Last Modified May 22, 2024

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by Aaron Titus

A one-dimensional collision of two carts on a track.

• Download two-carts.mp4 - 93kb video/mp4

Last Modified May 22, 2024

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A person jumps from a table and lands on the floor. From his motion, the force by the floor on the person can be calculated. In this video, his knees bend as much as possible upon landing.

• Download landing-long.mp4 - 88kb video/mp4

Last Modified May 22, 2024

A person jumps from a table and lands on the floor. From his motion, the force by the floor on the person can be calculated. In this video, his knees bend a small amount upon landing.

• Download landing-short.mp4 - 52kb video/mp4

Last Modified May 22, 2024

by Aaron Titus

A two-dimensional collision of two pucks on an air-hockey table.

• Download collision-pucks.mp4 - 41kb video/mp4

Last Modified May 22, 2024

A bicycle wheel is held by its axle and rotates with nearly constant speed.The first frame is used to set the calibration. Motion begins in the second frame. The video is recorded at 300 fps but plays back at 30 fps.

• Download bicycle-wheel.mp4 - 1140kb video/mp4

Last Modified May 22, 2024

A figure skater performs a "scratch spin." Since the net torque on the skater is approximately zero, her angular momentum is conserved.

• Download skater-300fps.mp4 - 2774kb video/mp4

Last Modified May 22, 2024

by Aaron Titus

A steel ball rolls with a constant velocity on an aluminum track with negligible friction. Its speed is approximately 0.32 m/s. The length of the track, measured from end to end, is 2.2 m.

• Download uniform-motion-ball-slow.trz - 873kb Tracker Document Set

Last Modified May 22, 2024

by Aaron Titus

A steel ball rolls with a constant velocity on an aluminum track with negligible friction. Its speed is approximately 0.53 m/s. The length of the track, measured from end to end, is 2.2 m.

• Download uniform-motion-ball-fast.trz - 158kb Tracker Document Set

Last Modified May 22, 2024

by Aaron Titus

A one-dimensional collision of two carts on a track.

• Download two-carts.trz - 851kb Tracker Document Set

Last Modified May 22, 2024

This file has previous versions.

A person jumps from a table and lands on the floor. From his motion, the force by the floor on the person can be calculated. In this video, his knees bend as much as possible upon landing.

• Download landing-long.trz - 136kb Tracker Document Set

Last Modified May 22, 2024

A person jumps from a table and lands on the floor. From his motion, the force by the floor on the person can be calculated. In this video, his knees bend a small amount upon landing.

• Download landing-short.trz - 1047kb Tracker Document Set

Last Modified May 22, 2024

A bicycle wheel is held by its axle and rotates with nearly constant speed.The first frame is used to set the calibration. Motion begins in the second frame. The video is recorded at 300 fps but plays back at 30 fps.

• Download bicycle-wheel.trz - 396kb Tracker Document Set

Last Modified May 22, 2024

by Ashley Press and Aaron Titus

A figure skater performs a "scratch spin." Since the net torque on the skater is approximately zero, her angular momentum is conserved.

• Download skater-300fps.trz - 3120kb Tracker Document Set

Last Modified May 22, 2024