Analysis of Brownian Motion by Elementary School Students

Autor/inn/en	Miyazaki, Makito; Yamazaki, Yosuke; Hasegawa, Yamato
Titel	Analysis of Brownian Motion by Elementary School Students
Quelle	In: Physics Teacher, 60 (2022) 6, S.478-483 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-921X
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Elementary School Students; Workshops; Distance Education; Cytology; Elementary School Science; Motion; Science Experiments; Physics; Scientific Concepts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Zytologie; Bewegungsablauf; Physik
Abstract	To stimulate the intellectual curiosity of elementary school students, we conducted a workshop in distance education aimed at exploring the microscopic world inside a cell. In this workshop, elementary school students motivated to learn more on the subject of science analyzed movies of the Brownian motion of micrometer-sized particles suspended in water, using the open-source software Tracker. These students then performed two-dimensional (2D) random walk experiments using a dice game sheet to examine the physical mechanism of Brownian motion. After the workshop, we conducted a questionnaire-based survey. Many participants answered that the contents were difficult but interesting, suggesting that our workshop was very efficient in stimulating the curiosity of motivated students. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association of Physics Teachers. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740. Tel: 301-209-3300; Fax: 301-209-0845; e-mail: pubs@aapt.org; Web site: http://aapt.scitation.org/journal/pte
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01