A Semester-Long Study of Magnetic Fields Using Smartphones to Engage Non-Physics Majors

Stacy A. Hootman ^[1] ; Cory Pickett ^[1]
1. [1] University of Indianapolis
  
  University of Indianapolis
  
  Township of Center, Estados Unidos
Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 59, Nº. 2, 2021, págs. 108-110
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- To help engage non-physics majors in a General Physics II (Electricity & Magnetism) course at the University of Indianapolis, students used their smartphones to detect magnetic fields on campus in a semester-long data collection project. This paper discusses details about the design of the project, previous studies that utilize smartphones for scientific data collection, the specific smartphone application that was used, an overview of findings, and future iterations of the project.