Dolphin Jump: Projectile Motion

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Science SPORE Prize
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The Open Source Physics Project is supported by NSF DUE-0442581.

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Dolphin Jump: Projectile Motion

written by Anne Cox
content provider: Brittany Capra, Taylor Natale, and Julie Pickering

The Dolphin Jump: Projectile Motion activity uses the Tracker video analysis tool to measure and analyze the motion of a dolphin jumping out of the water.

The TRZ file contains the PDF activity, a video, and the Tracker tab file.

Credits: The original video is posted on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_IOnjqsw1M.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java (JRE).

download 346kb .trz
Published: June 21, 2012
previous versions

2 ready-to-run examples are available

Open Dolphin Jump TRZ in Tracker Online

Open Delphin Jump Video in Tracker Online

2 supplemental documents are available

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Motion in Two Dimensions = Projectile Motion Education Practices - Active Learning = Modeling	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Laboratory = Tutorial - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

Intended Users	Formats	Ratings
- Learners - Educators	- application/pdf - application/java - application/zip	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Access Rights:: Free access
License:: This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license.
Rights Holder:: Anne J Cox
Keywords:: motion tracker, video analysis, video lab
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created June 21, 2012 by Anne Cox
Record Updated:: April 26, 2023 by Douglas Brown
Last Update when Cataloged:: June 21, 2012

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/OSP/items/detail.cfm?ID=12090">Cox, Anne. "Dolphin Jump: Projectile Motion."</a>

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A. Cox, Computer Program DOLPHIN JUMP: PROJECTILE MOTION (2012), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12090&DocID=2978).

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A. Cox, Computer Program DOLPHIN JUMP: PROJECTILE MOTION (2012), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12090&DocID=2978>.

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Cox, A. (2012). Dolphin Jump: Projectile Motion [Computer software]. Retrieved December 10, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12090&DocID=2978

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Cox, Anne. "Dolphin Jump: Projectile Motion." https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12090&DocID=2978 (accessed 10 December 2024).

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Cox, Anne. Dolphin Jump: Projectile Motion. Computer software. 2012. Java (JRE) 1.5. 10 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12090&DocID=2978>.

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