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English, Vincent; Crotty, Yvonne; Farren, Margaret – Digital Education Review, 2015
Inspiring Science Education (ISE) (http://www.inspiringscience.eu/) is an EU funded initiative that seeks to further the use of inquiry-based science learning (IBSL) through the medium of ICT in the classroom. The Basketball Shot is a scenario (lesson plan) that involves the use of video capture to help the student investigate the concepts of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Motion, Video Technology
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Plummer, Julia – Science and Children, 2015
Elementary students find it difficult to connect the apparent motion of objects in the sky with how celestial objects actually move in the solar system. As a university astronomy education researcher, the author has been investigating methods to help children learn astronomy through workshops and summer camps at science museums and planetariums.…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Students, Space Sciences
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Russell, David – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1997
Offers free software for timing experiments, instructions for making a timing interface and a variety of switch sensors for any IBM-compatible computer, and suggestions for experiments. (AIM)
Descriptors: Acceleration (Physics), Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
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Kolodiy, George Oleh – Physics Teacher, 1988
Describes experiences with turtle graphics to demonstrate motion in a constant gravitational field. Provides the computer program and typical diagrams. (YP)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Computer Software
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Pereira, Neves – Physics Teacher, 1988
Described is a microcomputer with two detection systems to enable three variables of the puck's motion to be recorded simultaneously: speed, radius of the orbit, and the ongoing time of measurement. Presented are the experimental setup, a discussion of the computer program, and results. (YP)
Descriptors: College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software
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Niess, Margaret L. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1988
Considers activities that use LOGO to slide, turn, and flip the "turtle." Uses non-LOGO tools such as cutouts, pattern blocks, and tangrams to enhance the motion work. Provides examples and programs with explanations. (MVL)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Computers
Online-Offline, 1998
Focuses on movement: movable art, relocating families, human rights, and trains and cars. Describes educational resources for elementary and middle school students, including Web sites, CD-ROMs and software, videotapes, books, additional resources and activities (PEN)
Descriptors: Activism, Annotated Bibliographies, Architecture, Art