Teaching remote laboratories using smart phone sensors: determining the density of air

Wye

Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>During the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, both schools and universities faced significant challenges in moving teaching from an <jats:italic>in-situ</jats:italic> setting to a remote one, this included laboratory experiments. This paper presents an experiment developed to use a phone’s in built pressure sensor, common to most smart phones. By using this sensor to measure the pressure at a series of known heights, the density of air was calculated with an accuracy of approximately ±0.03?kg?m<jats:sup>-3</jats:sup>. This was completed as part of a first year undergraduate course.</jats:p>

Citation

Wye. (2023). Teaching remote laboratories using smart phone sensors: determining the density of air. Physics Education, 58(1), 015002 - 015002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ac9816

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 6, 2022
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2023
• Journal: Physics Education
• Print ISSN: 0031-9120
• Publisher: IOP Publishing
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 58
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 015002 - 015002
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ac9816
• Publisher URL: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6552/ac9816