Marko Budisa and Gorazd Planinsic 2003 Phys. Educ. 38 512 doi:10.1088/0031-9120/38/6/003
Marko Budisa and Gorazd Planinsic
Show affiliationsWe 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).
01.50.My Demonstration experiments and apparatus
84.40.Ua Telecommunications: signal transmission and processing; communication satellites
Issue 6 (November 2003)
Received 7 November 2002, in final form 24 April 2003
Marko Budisa and Gorazd Planinsic 2003 Phys. Educ. 38 512
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