Teaching and learning physics with smartphones

MÁ González, MÁ González, ME Martín… - Journal of cases on …, 2015 - igi-global.com
The use of mobile technologies is resha** how to teach and learn. In this paper the
authors describe their research on the use of these technologies to teach physics. On the …

Using smartphone pressure sensors to measure vertical velocities of elevators, stairways, and drones

M Monteiro, AC Martí - Physics Education, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We measure the vertical velocities of elevators, pedestrians climbing stairs, and drones
(flying unmanned aerial vehicles), by means of smartphone pressure sensors. The …

Exploring phase space using smartphone acceleration and rotation sensors simultaneously

M Monteiro, C Cabeza, AC Martí - European Journal of Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
A paradigmatic physical system as the physical pendulum is experimentally studied using
the acceleration and rotation (gyroscope) sensors available on smartphones and other …

Smartphones as experimental tools to measure acoustical and mechanical properties of vibrating rods

MÁ González, MÁ González - European Journal of Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Modern smartphones have calculation and sensor capabilities that make them suitable for
use as versatile and reliable measurement devices in simple teaching experiments. In this …

Study of the conservation of mechanical energy in the motion of a pendulum using a smartphone

T Pierratos, HM Polatoglou - Physics Education, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
A common method that scientists use to validate a theory is to utilize known principles and
laws to produce results on specific settings, which can be assessed using the appropriate …

The study of liquid surface waves with a smartphone camera and an image recognition algorithm

M Wei, S Huang, J Wang, H Li, H Yang… - European Journal of …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Simple experimental setups are designed for observing liquid surface waves, studying the
dispersion relation and obtaining the liquid surface tension coefficient. In addition, the …

Earth's Gravity Never Turns Off! Using Thought Challenges/Checks and Visual Cueing via Double-Shafted Arrows for Acceleration

AE Tabor-Morris - The Physics Teacher, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Background Helpful methods have been proposed to assist introductory-level students'
physics learning 1–6 with many researchers focusing in particular on remediation for …

A mechanical model of the smartphone's accelerometer

AA Gallitto, L Lupo - Physics Education, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
To increase the attention of students, several physics experiments can be performed at
school, as well as at home, by using smartphones as laboratory tools. In this paper, we …

Experiments to investigate the acoustic properties of sound propagation

OE Dagdeviren - Physics Education, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Propagation of sound waves is one of the fundamental concepts in physics. Some of the
properties of sound propagation such as attenuation of sound intensity with increasing …

FELS–Forschend-Entdeckendes Lernen mit dem Smartphone

J Müller, U Magdans, A Borowski - … : Zeitschrift für Theorie und …, 2018 - medienpaed.com
Abstract Obwohl die Schulleistungen der Schülerinnen und Schüler in Physik seit dem Pisa-
Schock zunahmen, gehört Physik nach wie vor zu den unbeliebtesten Fächern im …