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Posted: November 19, 2010

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The Wii Remote was used to measure its change in acceleration with time.  That data gives the period of the oscillations.  As the Wii Remote vibrates up a down the graph maps the change in acceleration in real time.

Posted: November 19, 2010

The Wii Physics image gallery has been updated with a few more pics. Wii Physics 122

Posted: November 19, 2010

Physics 112 Started lenses today with a virtual lab: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/geometric-optics Work through this file in conjunction with the above link: lenses_virtual_lab.pdf Physics 122 Physics labs using the Wii Remote to collect data. All students have started into their second experiment. Comp Sci 110 Work through unit 10 questions and assignment. Quiz on Unit 9 and 10 moved to Monday as there is a basketball game Friday afternoon.

Posted: November 19, 2010

Use this file in conjuction with the virtual lab: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/geometric-optics
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Posted: November 18, 2010

Physics 112 Refraction Test Tomorrow: Lenses! Physics 122 Physics labs using the Wii Remote to collect data. Comp Sci 110 Work through unit 10 questions and assignment. Quiz on Unit 9 and 10 moved to Monday as there is a basketball game Friday afternoon.

Posted: November 17, 2010

Posted: November 17, 2010

Today marks the start of Wii Physics for the Physics 122 class.  We are using the Wii remote, sensor bar, and Balance Board to collect data.  Any calculations are done by hand or with Microsoft Excel. The students will cycle through five different labs, some of which we didn't cover in class yet so the students have some independant learning to accompany the labs. Check out the image galleries and (soon to come) video!   Topics Covered: 1D Collisions - Conservation of Momentum and Energy (wiimote-1d_collisions.pdf) Simple Harmonic Motion (wiimote-shm.pdf) Forces on an Inclined Plane (wiimote-inclined_plane.pdf) Normal Force and Centre of Gravity (wiimote-nrml_frc_and_cog.pdf) Acceleration of Multiple Masses (wiimote-acc_mult_masses.pdf) Wii Physics at JMH uses a great, and user friendly, program developed by Martyn D. Wheeler (http://wiiphysics.site88.net/index.html) to collect our data.

Posted: November 17, 2010

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PDF icon wiimote-nrml_frc_and_cog.pdf443.61 KB

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