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Person Landing After a Jump
written by Aaron Titus
This lab uses Tracker to measure and analyze the center of mass motion of a person landing after a jump. Students measure the acceleration of the person in free-fall and his acceleration while he is landing and slowing down. Students use the data to calculate the force of impact by the floor on the student during the landing. There are two video files:  (1) the student bends his knees a maximum amount during the landing in order to decrease the force of impact by the floor; and (2) the student bends his knees a small amount in order to increase the force of impact on the floor.

The trz file contains two videos: (1) a long time interval during the landing and (2) a short time interval during the landing. The videos were recorded by Aaron Titus at High Point University.

The videos can be used with other video analysis software; however, the handout has screen captures from Tracker and instructions specifically written for Tracker.
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Subjects Levels Resource Types
Classical Mechanics
- Linear Momentum
= Collisions in Two Dimensions
- Motion in Two Dimensions
= 2D Velocity
= Center of Mass
Education Practices
- Active Learning
= Modeling
- Lower Undergraduate
- Middle School
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Laboratory
= Tutorial
- Audio/Visual
= Movie/Animation
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- Learners
- Educators
- video/quicktime
- application/pdf
- application/zip
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Aaron Titus
Keywords:
center of mass, constant acceleration, tracker, video analysis, video lab
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Metadata instance created June 29, 2011 by Aaron Titus
Record Updated:
April 25, 2023 by Douglas Brown
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A. Titus, Computer Program PERSON LANDING AFTER A JUMP (2011), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11285&DocID=2308).
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A. Titus, Computer Program PERSON LANDING AFTER A JUMP (2011), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11285&DocID=2308>.
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Titus, A. (2011). Person Landing After a Jump [Computer software]. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11285&DocID=2308
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Titus, Aaron. "Person Landing After a Jump." https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11285&DocID=2308 (accessed 5 December 2024).
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Titus, Aaron. Person Landing After a Jump. Computer software. 2011. 5 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11285&DocID=2308>.
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