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The Stroboscope (Physics of Technology Series)

A module on forces and motion. Studies the use of a stroboscope as a tachometer, and linear kinematics and dynamics, including velocity, acceleration, Newton's laws, frictional forces, terminal velocity, and simple harmonic motion. Although the stroboscope is used throughout the module, it is not analyzed in the same sense as other devices are analyzed in other modules. The study of motion through graphical analysis of strobe photographs is familiar to many teachers, and, for this reason, THE STROBOSCOPE may be useful as the first module in a transition from more traditional materials. Part of the Physics of Technology program, a 27-module introduction to physics at a pre-calculus level. The American Institute of Physics coordinated this program in the 1970s, with modules created by Florissant Valley Community College, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, the State University of New York at Binghamton, and TERC. From the Instructor’s Manual : In this module, the stroboscope is used in laboratory experiments on kinematics and dynamics. In this case, the title device is used in making measurements, but the physics of the device itself is not studied. This represents a deviation from th

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