To celebrate the introduction of our first mobile video analysis app, we asked you to take it for a spin and share with us your favorite insights. As usual, we were impressed with your ability to find fascinating science in everyday life! From the motion of a supermarket checkout conveyor belt to the flow of a creek, Video Physics can come in handy when you’re on the move. View the winning entries from ten fantastic physics teachers, download the video and Logger Pro files, and get Video Physics from the iTunes App Store.
Grand Prize Winners
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Rex Rice, Gabe de la Paz, Rob Laux,
Ryan King & Jennifer AdamsClayton High School, Clayton, MO
Visualize centripetal acceleration in the motion of a hoverpuck anchored by a string, then observe what happens when the centripetal force is removed… by a blowtorch!
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Bobby Quimpo
West Central High School, Francesville, IN
Observe the beauty of mathematics in the motion of everyday objects. A steel can traces a cycloid while rolling on a table.
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Dale Basler
Appleton East High School, Appleton, WI
Can you investigate physics at the grocery store? Yes you can! Check out the frame of reference of a supermarket checkout.
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Second Prize Winners
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Tom Pasquini
Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, NH
The motion of this bouncing ball may puzzle and amaze you.
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Jennifer Meyer
Parkway Central High School, Chesterfield, MO
Observe and analyze the physics of a dive.
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Chris Carman
Theodore Roosevelt High School, Kent, OH
Video Physics goes beyond physics! Join a high school environmental club and Davey Elementary in investigating creek flow.
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Bobby Quimpo
West Central High School, Francesville, IN
An impressive balancing act is a wonderful subject for analysis with Video Physics.
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Grand Prize Winners received an iPod Touch with HD Video recording. Second Prize Winners received iTunes gift cards.