The Physics with Arduino textbook, developed by Giovanni Organtini, Professor at the Physics Department of the Rome Sapienza University is now available. It is published by Zanichelli Editore. This is a short textbook for high school students that introduces coding with Arduino through the experimental study of physics, using a similar methodology to that developed for professors with School of Physics with Arduino and Smartphones.
The activities in the textbook allow students to get a better grasp of Physics and learn to code an Arduino chipset. These are fun skills that can even lead to more interesting and better paid jobs later on in life.
All the experiments require cheap and easily found materials. The most expensive experiment employs a train set carriage and three straight tracks (for a total expense of about €20).
How to develop a project with Arduino and collect data: from movement over an inclined plane to the temperature of water-ice fusion.
From Physics to Arduino, and back
- How can I exploit the potential of Arduino to conduct Physics experiments? Observe a phenomenon, conduct an experiment and code an Arduino chipset to acquire data. Then analyse the results and formulate the laws governing the said phenomena.
Just Like in a Professional Lab
- You do not need to know the laws of physics to conduct experiments. You can make scientific discoveries in a lab by observing phenomena and conducting experiments with an uncertain result.
A Lab for Everyone
- Arduino allows you to develop devices that would once have required the knowledge of an electronic engineer. This is made possible by the combination of hardware and software. The complexity no longer concerns the electronics, but the coding language that we can simplify as we like.
Giovanni Organtini
Physics with Arduino
Zanichelli 2021
ISBN: 97888089206:008
Pages: 96
