Hillebrand, G. P., & Murray, M. N., & Ross, J., & Ross, R. A., & Tarter, C. (2012, June), A Physics Laboratory Activity to Simulate the Operation of the Touchscreen on a Smartphone  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--20847

\bibitem{asee_peer_20847}
  Hillebrand, G. P., \& Murray, M. N., \& Ross, J., \& Ross, R. A., \& Tarter, C. (2012, June), \emph{A Physics Laboratory Activity to Simulate the Operation of the Touchscreen on a Smartphone}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--20847

Gary P. Hillebrand, Meghann Norah Murray, Jenna Ross, Robert A. Ross, and Cherron Tarter.  "A Physics Laboratory Activity to Simulate the Operation of the Touchscreen on a Smartphone".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/20847 Internet.  14 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_20847}
  Gary P. Hillebrand, Meghann Norah Murray, Jenna Ross, Robert A. Ross, and Cherron Tarter.
  "A Physics Laboratory Activity to Simulate the Operation of the Touchscreen on a Smartphone".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/20847 Internet.  14 May, 2024

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AB  -          A Physics Laboratory Activity to Simulate the Operation of the                        Touchscreen on a SmartphoneWe use cell phones as a context to teach important concepts in introductory physics. Ouractivities are based on an innovative hands-on, inquiry-based curriculum.1 We have modifiedthe curriculum to incorporate additional activities. This paper will describe a physics laboratoryexperiment to simulate the operation of the touchscreen on a smartphone.A detailed description of the activity will be provided. The simulator is fabricated usingcommon office and laboratory supplies and is inexpensive enough that students can keep themodel. We describe how the simulator is used in two different courses. One course is designedfor high school students attending a university enrichment program, the other is a second-semester undergraduate general physics laboratory course.In addition we present the results of an open-ended assessment of student learning. Students areengaged to write to a specific prompt and we assess the writing in a pre- and post-activity format.The results of the assessment indicate that the experiment helps students understand how thetouchscreen on a smartphone functions.1  Teaching the Fundamentals of Cell Phones and Wireless Communications. M. Davids, R.Forrest, and D. Pata, Physics Teacher, 48, 217-221 (2010).
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