Opportunities for Doing Remote Science
Opportunities for Doing Remote Science
Scientists and Science Educators Working from Home
Researchers and teachers are responding to the reality that even if students go back to the classroom later this year, school might not look the same as before. With the real possibility that people will continue to work and learn from home part or all of the time for a while, many individuals are seeking creative ways to do what they need to do.
The American Physical Society recently interviewed us and our colleagues, including Sebastian Staacks in Germany (of PhyPhox), Ann-Marie Pendrill in Sweden, Juan Carlos Castro Palacio in Spain, Arturo Martí in Uruguay, and Tommaso Rosi in Italy, and published an article in the online journal, Physics.
Gamified Physics Challenges for Teachers and the Public
Vieyra Software, with partners Ann-Marie Pendrill and Benjamin Xu, recently published an article in IoP's Physics Education journal focused on the use of Physics Toolbox Play, a mode found within the Android suite.
Clever Lab Ideas
Don't forget to check out our Lessons Page for nearly 50 ideas!
Biomedical engineering faculty at Northwestern University use apps including Physics Toolbox to have students do at-home experiments: "Adapting the lab experience for remote learning."
On April 25, Physics Toolbox did an #iteachphysics Twitter chat, hosted by @BlackPhysicists. See the Twitter moment below for some nice visuals of things you can have students do with Physics Toolbox AR.
We especially hope you love this video below, prepared by our collaborator, Don Balanzat. You can get Physics Toolbox AR here, and try it for yourself!
Faraday waves and Couder droplets can be created with Physics Toolbox's tone generator, a small speaker, and a pan of milk. See the video from Adriana Tufaile below!
This Spanish-language video demonstrates how to do an inclined plane lab using Physics Toolbox.
Don't forget about some great activity ideas for doing a #PhysicsLabAtHome.
This activity comes from Uruguayan team Martín Monteiro, Cecilia Stari, Cecilia Cabeza, and Arturo C. Martí.
Victoria Régil demonstrates how to look at resonant frequencies of a vibrating wine glass with the FFT visualizer.
Nordic-Baltic Physics Olympiad took place on May 16th. Students from 12 countries participated via Zoom in what appears to have been a challenge about resonant frequency of a bottle filled with variable amounts of water, using Physics Toolbox to measure sound frequency.
French educator Ulysse Delabre has compiled a website filled with resources for distance teaching and mobile learning, and is the author of Smartphonique. A selection of resources are available in English as well.
A team from Turkey demonstrates how to measure spring constants of simple and parallel spring systems through the use of Physics Toolbox's light sensor.
Need some help understanding how to do a data export from Physics Toolbox? This Spanish-language video from the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, might be helpful.
Learn how to extract CSV data from Physics Toolbox for display and analysis on a computer using Python and MATLAB.
Physics Toolbox around the Web
Students and researchers at IDP and IIT Bombay collaborate to conceptualize what an interactive learning platform might look like that integrates apps like Physics Toolbox with conceptual assessments.
Researchers in Daegu, Korea measure vibration with Physics Toolbox on urban metro lines to quantify railway aging effects.
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