Using Logger Pro to Analyze Crash Test Video

The following lesson plan is under development for the UNL Professional Math and Science Institute.

Sponsors for the Institute are:

• Mid-America Transportation Center (MATC)
• Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, & Schools
• Midwest Roadside Safety Facility (MwRSF)
• Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education

The lesson plan is designed to teach students to use Logger Pro software to analyze video while learning about math and science concepts such as linear equations, quadratic equations, parametric equations, vectors forming a right triangle, percent difference, piece-wise functions, Pythagorean theorem and trigonometry using real world examples.

The concluding activity will analyze crash test video provided by the MwRSF. A sample image from the digital movie made during analysis is shown below.

Lesson Plan as of 10/27/06 Complete Project Files (zip file) as of 10/27/06 (Large file download) Individual project files. Right-Click or Ctrl-Click on the file to download the file. Files are presented in order of use. Quicktime movie files are large files. Sample01.mov Sample01.csv Sample02.mov Sample02.csv npg4_locam_overhead.mov npg4_ground.mov npg6.mov npg2_fail.mov

The graph at the right is a graph of the horizontal and vertical position vs time as the truck shown above impacts the guardrail.

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