Low-cost high-resolution measurements of periodic motions with Arduino in physics teacher in-service education

Abstract

In this paper, we would like to briefly illustrate the situation a physics teacher-to-be or a practising physics teacher has to face when assigning a role to modern experiments in his or her physics lessons. Afterwards, we would like to present good practices that suggest that computer-aided experimentation has entered public education in the country. We summarize the main aims and some results of the HAS Research Group of Technical Informatics Methodology in combining technical computer sciences with the education of physics. Finally, we present some typical ‘textbook experiments’ for basic conceptions of physics reconsidered using the Arduino platform and low-cost experiment setup.