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Teaching motion with the Global Positioning System

Marko Budisa et al 2003 Phys. Educ. 38 512-518   doi: 10.1088/0031-9120/38/6/003  Help

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Marko Budisa and Gorazd Planinsic
Physics Department, Faculty for Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
E-mail: gorazd.planinsic@fiz.uni-lj.si

Abstract. We have used the GPS receiver and a PC interface to track different types of motion. Various hands-on experiments that enlighten the physics of motion at the secondary school level are suggested (visualization of 2D and 3D motion, measuring car drag coefficient and fuel consumption).

Keywords: High school, Advanced, Mechanics, Laboratory work

Print publication: Issue 6 (November 2003)
Received 7 November 2002, in final form 24 April 2003

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