Titles Subjects
  New Titles   New Versions   Complete Listing

 
ORDER NOW
Windows
ISBN 1-56396-732-4
Single copy $100.00
High School Site License $250.00
10-copy lab pack $400.00
RELATED TITLES

Mechanics in Motion

Stephen Saxon

Laboratory sessions are highly effective in physics instruction because they provide visual, hands-on experience with relatively abstract concepts. However, these sessions can be time-consuming and cumbersome to set up. And once an experiment is run, it is difficult to repeat it exactly to emphasize a point or correct a misconception. This is why computer simulations are an ideal addition to any physics course or lab. Simulations offer an opportunity to run and rerun an experiment innumerable times and to vary parameters and conditions in ways that would be impossible to duplicate in real time.

If you are teaching mechanics this term, be sure to include Mechanics in Motion in your curriculum. Suitable as a stand-alone lecture tool or as a complement to actual lab experiments, this simulation software covers four distinct types of two-dimensional motion: a trolley simulator demonstrates uniform acceleration down an inclined plane; a projectile simulator highlights the factors that affect the path of an object; an air-track collision simulator shows the conservation of momentum; and a pendulum simulator focuses on the effects of simple harmonic motion. The physics and calculations underlying each simulation are explained in detail, and a short tutorial is offered that quickly promotes an intuitive feel for the package.

Mechanics in Motion makes it easy to visualize the effects of changing different parameters and encourages exploration in ways that real experimentation never could. It eliminates the drudgery of tedious algebraic solutions, and it produces raw data that can be automatically analyzed with graphs that underscore trends in the data. The next time you pose simple "what if?" questions in your mechanics class, make certain Mechanics in Motion is on hand to simulate the scenarios and calculate the answers. 46 pp.

System requirements:
Your computer system and hardware configuration should be any PC computer with a 386 or higher CPU with the following features:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later
  • Mouse
  • Hard disk with 4 MB free space
  • 486 or Pentium processor (recommended)
  • 4-8 MB of RAM (recommended)
  • Sound card (recommended)

Windows
ISBN 1-56396-732-4

Single copy $100.00
High School Site License $250.00
10-copy lab pack $400.00

© 1996 by Physics Academic Software Publishing Organization. All rights reserved.

 Part of the MECHANICS SERIES
AWARDS
 
California Instructional Technology Clearinghouse
Exemplary
REVIEWS
 
"Very Useful... gets the user involoved in the software quickly... Mathplot is a very good software product, and its price makes it an excellent buy."
Antonio M. Lopez Jr., Mathematics Teacher
MORE PICTURES
 
Main Menu
Input Screen for Pendulum
Input Screen for Simulation
Demonstration of Pendulum
Graph of Simulation
Data Tables of Simulation
Theory of Simulation
Input Screen for Sled Simulator
Input Screen for Projectile Simulator
Input Screen for Air Track Collisions
Graph of Angle VS. Time for Pendulum
Graph of Angle VS. Angular Velocity for Pendulum
Graph of Distance and Velocity for Sled Simulator
Sled Diagram
RELATED SUBJECTS