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Teaching Harmonic Motion Online Using Tracker Documents
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written by
Kathleen M. Koenig and Sarah Baker
A University of Cincinnati physics laboratory that demonstrates how Tracker, together with prerecorded videos, can be used to deliver online force and motion experiments that maintain the rigor and essential features of in-person labs. The Harmonic Motion experiment is organized around a central research question that explicitly targets causal and hypothetical reasoning embedded in cycles of inquiry, reflection, evaluation, and communication of outcomes.
Supplemental documents available here include:
- A Tracker trz archive with sample videos and student handouts.
- Harmonic and motion videos in zip archives.
- Harmonic Motion instructions.
- Harmonic Motion handout.
- Instructor notes.
View the laboratory content using Tracker Online. University of Cincinnati Tracker-based LabsSee The Physics Teacher paper titled "Maintaining Essential Course Features When Moving Introductory Physics Labs Online" by Kathleen Koenig and Sarah Baker for a detailed description of the online course. https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0039606
Published May 25, 2022
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Primary Documents
Instructions for how to use the prerecorded videos of the experiments you would have conducted in lab had the course not been online this term. These instructions will be similar to how Tracker was used in previous University of Cincinnati labs but there are some differences, particularly starting with Step 6. Also, be sure to read the Tips at the end of this document.
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Supplemental Documents (3)
Student handout for Harmonic Motion lab This handout is also packaged in the Lab 6 Tracker Exeriment trz file.
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Prerecorded videos for analysis.
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Student handout for Lab 6 and 7 with additional instructor notes.
- .pdf file (479 kb Adobe PDF Document)
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