Tracking the Coriolis Force uses the Tracker video analysis tool to model the motion of a ball rolling with constant velocity on a rotating merry-go-round. Video includes the motion of the ball as viewed from the rotating reference frame of the merry-go-round. Using the Coriolis force equation, students build a model of the motion.
The trz file contains the activity handout, video and Tracker tab file. The video comes from YouTube and can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAX3ALdienQ.
Tracking the Coriolis Force Instructions
Instructions for using Tracking the Coriolis Force resources. download 463kb .pdf
Published: June 7, 2012
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A. Cox, Computer Program TRACKING THE CORIOLIS FORCE (2012), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12042&DocID=2935).
Cox, A. (2012). Tracking the Coriolis Force [Computer software]. Retrieved December 6, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12042&DocID=2935
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