⦁ Examine what the gravitational vector “feels like” from the point of view of your own smartphone sitting on an inclined plane.
⦁ Simple enough for high school students, can be enriched enough for college and first-year university students.
⦁ Skills:
- vector components, directions, quadrants
- local vs global coordinate systems, smartphone coordinate systems
- normal forces, gravity, geometry of the inclined plane
⦁ 3D-printed equipment: 3D files available to download here!
Download resource package which includes:
- Cellphone accelerometer and pendulum exercise (preview in PDF)
- Student questionaire (preview in PDF)
- Lab procedure (preview in PDF)
- Teacher's notes (preview in PDF)
(*) All materials here are available through an open-source license