Smartphone experiments in Undergraduate Research
Sabrino Barro, Chlo\'e Beguin, Dylan Brouzet, Leo Charosky, Luis, Darmendrail, Andreas M\"uller (University of Geneva, Section of Physics)

TL;DR
This paper explores the use of smartphones as experimental tools in physics undergraduate research, demonstrating their potential through acoustics experiments and highlighting benefits like student engagement and higher order thinking skills.
Contribution
It presents novel applications of smartphones in physics experiments, providing proof of concept and encouraging integration into undergraduate research and education.
Findings
Encouraging accuracy and agreement with theory in experiments
Potential to stimulate higher order thinking skills among students
Provides a basis for further development and refinement of smartphone-based experiments
Abstract
Smartphones and tablets are an integral part of our daily lives, and their capabilities extend well beyond communication and entertainment. With a broad choice of built-in sensors, using these mobile devices as experimental tools (MDETs) allows for a many different measurements, covering several fields of physics (mechanics, acoustics and waves, magnetism, optics, etc.). Building on this development, the present contribution is about exploring the potential of MDETs in physics undergraduate research. Two examples related to acoustics (bottle Helmholtz resonator, singing glasses) will be discussed in detail, and four further possibilities are referred to as perspectives. Results of these student research projects are encouraging throughout (accuracy, agreement with theory), in many cases providing a basis for further improvements and insight. Additionally, it is argued that these…
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Taxonomy
TopicsExperimental and Theoretical Physics Studies · Mobile Learning in Education
