Apparatus for Teaching Physics: A Microcomputer as a Timing Device.

Stankevitz, James; Gottlieb, Herbert H., Ed.

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Publication Date: 1981-Mar

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Apparatus for Teaching Physics: A Microcomputer as a Timing Device.

Stankevitz, James; Gottlieb, Herbert H., Ed.

Physics Teacher, v19 n3 p198-201 Mar 1981

Describes an apparatus that uses a microcomputer as a timing device in which the Coefficient of Restitution (COR) is measured. Diagrams of a circuit for timing measurements and a flow chart of a program that measures COR are provided. A list of COR for some common objects is also included. (CS)

Descriptors: Design, Laboratory Equipment, Microcomputers, Physics, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Equipment, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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