Physics in Motion: Motion through Digital Video

本项目旨在增加瓦萨学院接触物理的本科生数量，并通过外展，提高K-12学生和教师对物理的认识。该项目采用了一种教学技术——对日常现象和事件（如体育、舞蹈、荡秋千的人）进行视频分析——这种技术已被许多大学和高中的物理教育者成功使用。首席研究员正在为那些通常不参加科学课程的大学生开发一门课程。在本课程中，学生通过拍摄和分析数字视频来发现物理概念。每个学生都借了一台笔记本电脑和一台数码摄像机，这样学生就可以随时随地拍摄“物理”。然后将视频传输到计算机并用软件进行分析，得出位置vs。对象的时间数据。进一步的分析允许计算其他数量，如速度、加速度、力和能量。课程的前半部分是通过视频指导运动概念的探索。课程的后半部分是小组项目，学生小组制作适合K-12学生的多媒体DVD或CD-ROM。作为最后的练习，学生们要去K-12学校，向全班展示他们的项目。

Physics (13)This project aims to increase the number of undergraduate students exposed to physics at Vassar College and, through outreach, to increase the awareness of physics for both K-12 students and teachers. The project adapts a pedagogical technique--video analysis of everyday phenomena and events (e.g., sports, dance, people on swings)--that has been successfully used by a number of physics educators at the college and high school levels.The Principal Investigator is developing a course for college students who do not typically enroll in science courses. In this course, students discover physics concepts by filming and analyzing digital video. Each student is loaned a laptop computer and digital video camera for the semester so that the students can film "physics" whenever they see it. The video is then transferred into the computer and analyzed with software that yields position-vs.-time data for the object(s). Further analysis allows the calculation of other quantities such as velocity, acceleration, forces, and energy. The first half of the course is a guided exploration of motion concepts through video. The second half of the course is devoted to group projects, in which teams of students create a multimedia DVD or CD-ROM that is appropriate for some level of K-12 students. As a final exercise, the students to go out to K-12 schools and present their projects to a class.