A flexible online apparatus for projectile launch experiments

Author

Paiva, Carlos ; Nogueira, Pedro ; Alves, Gustavo ; Marques, Arcelina ; Guimarães, Pedro ; Couto, Ruben

Author_Institution

Electron. Eng. Dept., Polytech. of Porto, Porto, Portugal

fYear

2012

fDate

4-6 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

In order to provide a more flexible learning environment in physics, the developed projectile launch apparatus enables students to determine the acceleration of gravity and the dependence of a set of parameters in the projectile movement. This apparatus is remotely operated and accessed via web, by first scheduling an access time slot. This machine has a number of configuration parameters that support different learning scenarios with different complexities.

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; distance learning; information retrieval; physics education; projectiles; scheduling; student experiments; virtual instrumentation; Web access; access time slot scheduling; configuration parameters; flexible learning physics environment; flexible online apparatus; gravity acceleration; projectile launch apparatus; projectile launch experiments; projectile movement; remotely operated apparatus; Complexity theory; Indexes; Projectiles; TV; Remote Experiment; projectile launch;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV), 2012 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bilbao

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2540-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2541-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/REV.2012.6293175

Filename

6293175