78792 20201216081415.0 doi 10.5944/ried.20.2.17663 sideral 105100 ART-2017-105100 eng (orcid)0000-0003-2713-2786 Martin-Ramos, P. Universidad de Zaragoza Smartphones in the teaching of Physics Laws: Projectile motion 2017 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted New technologies are called upon to play an important role as beneficial tools for meaningful learning in the classroom. In particular, smartphones can be regarded as pocket computers that, in addition to a remarkable memory and computing capacity, incorporate sensors such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, light sensors, etc., which turn them into easily available measurement instruments for practical classes in an educational environment. In this study, the suitability of these devices for demonstrating Classical Mechanics, minimizing the use of resources and class time, has been assessed in two real classrooms (with 16 to 19 year-old students) by conducting experiments related to projectile motion (vertical free fall and parabolic motion). A simple methodology that only involves a mobile phone, a free burst camera application and open-source tools (GIMP and OpenOffice Calc) for data processing is presented. The results obtained in non-perfected conditions led to an estimate of the acceleration of gravity with an error lower than 2%. Further analyses and alternative procedures are also suggested in the discussion section. No major difficulties were encountered with the high school students or with the first year university ones, and a high degree of satisfaction was found. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Silva, M.R. da Silva, P.S.P. 5011 500 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. CC.Agrar.y Medio Natural Area Ingeniería Agroforestal 20, 2 (2017), 213-231 Rev. iberoam. educ. distancia Revista iberoamericana de educación a distancia 1138-2783 503895 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/78792/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 64892 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/78792/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:78792 articulos driver 2020-12-16-08:09:50 ARTICLE