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ERIC Number: EJ1150638
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-May
Pages: 2
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-921X
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Studying 3D Collisions with Smartphones
Pereira, Vanda; Martin-Ramos, Pablo; da Silva, Pedro Pereira; Silva, Manuela Ramos
Physics Teacher, v55 n5 p312-313 May 2017
This paper describes a conservation of momentum experiment using just smartphones and two beach balls, thus making the experimental study of this movement available to any classroom. For a more thorough analysis of the data, a computer can also be used. Experiments making use of smartphone sensors have been described before, contributing to an improved teaching of classical mechanics. In this experiment, we have made use of two smartphone cameras together with the VidAnalysis free app to track the position of two balls colliding in air during a projectile motion (Fig. 1).
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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