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.
See 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.
Harmonic Motion Instructions Instructions for how to use the prerecorded videos of the experiments you would have conducted in …
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.
Labs 6 and 7: Simple Harmonic Motion
Student handout for Harmonic Motion lab This handout is also packaged in the Lab 6 Tracker Exeriment trz file. download 431kb .pdf
Last Modified: May 24, 2022
Lab 6 and 7 videos
Prerecorded videos for analysis. download 50485kb .zip
Last Modified: May 24, 2022
Lab 6 and 7 Instructor Notes In order to access this file, please Login to the Open Source Physics collection.
Student handout for Lab 6 and 7 with additional instructor notes.
.pdf file (479 kb Adobe PDF Document)
Last Modified: May 24, 2022
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/OSP/items/detail.cfm?ID=16081">Koenig, Kathleen, and Sarah Baker. "Teaching Harmonic Motion Online Using Tracker." 2022.</a>
K. Koenig and S. Baker, Teaching Harmonic Motion Online Using Tracker, 2022, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16081&DocID=5553>.
Koenig, K., & Baker, S. (2022). Teaching Harmonic Motion Online Using Tracker. Retrieved April 21, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16081&DocID=5553
Koenig, Kathleen, and Sarah Baker. "Teaching Harmonic Motion Online Using Tracker." 2022. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16081&DocID=5553 (accessed 21 April 2025).
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Lab 6 and 7 Instructor Notes
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