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Motion Detector and Student
M-c4a
A student walks back and forth in front of an ultrasonic motion detector, and a real-time graph of her displacement (and/or veloctiy and/or acceleration) versus time is projected on the screen. [Currently out of commission.]


Fishbane Chapter:   2.1
Reese Chapter:   3.2
PIRA DCS classification:   1C40.10

Physics Lecture Demonstrations at the Department of Physics and Astronomy
The Johns Hopkins University