This book is an effort to help teachers and students learn more about physics and mechanics in the classroom. The book is based on the incredibly powerful LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT system. It focuses on using the Dexter Industries dIMU (inertial motion unit), a gyroscope and accelerometer, to perform simple experiments in the classroom that explain physical phenomena in our world.
Measuring rotation and acceleration, the books 10 experiments walk the student and the teacher through where the gyroscope and accelerometer are used, from measuring motion on the human body, to making interactive video games.
To help the teacher and student understand the section, at the beginning of each section is a “Standards” list, a list of the teaching standards the particular chapter is aiming to address.
Each project focuses on the student taking data to explain the physics being explored. The emphasis of the projects are to gather data and analyze them. In this workbook, we use excel and have explained in the appendices the method of getting data off the LEGO brick and into spreadsheets.
At the end of each section are a set of thoughtful questions are posed to encourage the student to think about what they saw in the projects, and how the physics described at the beginning pertains to what they saw during the project.
Measuring rotation and acceleration, the books 10 experiments walk the student and the teacher through where the gyroscope and accelerometer are used, from measuring motion on the human body, to making interactive video games.
To help the teacher and student understand the section, at the beginning of each section is a “Standards” list, a list of the teaching standards the particular chapter is aiming to address.
Each project focuses on the student taking data to explain the physics being explored. The emphasis of the projects are to gather data and analyze them. In this workbook, we use excel and have explained in the appendices the method of getting data off the LEGO brick and into spreadsheets.
At the end of each section are a set of thoughtful questions are posed to encourage the student to think about what they saw in the projects, and how the physics described at the beginning pertains to what they saw during the project.
