Cars in Motion

Small "friction drive" model cars were used and captured in a Casio "mini-movie."  The movie was composed of  32 frames each 0.1 seconds in duration for a total of 3.2 seconds per movie.  Prof. Dowdy explains the laws of motion and demonstrates how the Casio digital camera can be used as a data gathering device.

Prof. Dowdy leads everyone through the keystrokes to setup, record and view a mini-movie with their Casio QV-780 camera.

Groups worked on setting up and taking their own mini-movies of the motion activity.

Prof. Ashby works with the class reviewing math concepts concerning acceleration, and velocity.

Students were encouraged to journal all activities and to coordinate each activity with TEKS.

Things got pretty rowdy at times working through this activity. The ETRC knows how to have a good time!  (CAUTION: Click on the picture above for the uncensored version at your own risk!)

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