Teaching motion with the Global Positioning System

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, , Citation Marko Budisa and Gorazd Planinsic 2003 Phys. Educ. 38 512 DOI 10.1088/0031-9120/38/6/003

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1 Physics Department, Faculty for Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

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  1. Received 7 November 2002

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Abstract

We have used the GPS receiver and a PC interface to track different types of motion. Various hands-on experiments that enlighten the physics of motion at the secondary school level are suggested (visualization of 2D and 3D motion, measuring car drag coefficient and fuel consumption).

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