'Video Physics' for iPhone/iPod touch Takes Video Analysis Out of the Lab and Into the Field

Vernier highlights launch of free app with video analysis contest

BEAVERTON, Ore., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Graphing physical phenomena is even more engaging for teaching when educators and students can analyze video on the fly with Vernier Software & Technology's new Video Physics application. Compatible with all iOS4 devices, and perfect for the HD video-recording capabilities of the iPhone and the new iPod touch, this new application allows educators to take the video analysis power of Vernier's award-winning Logger Pro desktop data-collection software out into the field.

Vernier's Video Physics is currently available for download at the online Apple store and is free through December 31, 2010. The software allows educators to take a video of an object in motion, mark its position frame by frame, and set up the scale using a known distance. Examples of its use in the field include: measuring the velocity of a free throw shot, a child's swing, a roller-coaster, or a car. Video Physics then draws trajectory, position, and velocity graphs for the object. It is the perfect tool for teaching two-dimensional kinematics.

To encourage science teachers and students to explore the power of connecting physics to the everyday world through video analysis, Vernier is launching a contest. Vernier is giving away iPod touches and iTunes gift certificates as awards. Science teachers and students are encouraged to submit their most creative video analysis clips using Video Physics on behalf of their school.

Beginning October 1, 2010, participants can enter the contest by submitting short videos analyzed with the Video Physics application for a chance to win one of three new iPod touches with HD video recording or one of three $25 iTunes gift certificates.

To enter, students and educators simply need to download the new Video Physics application, create a video, track the object in the experiment using Vernier's unique multi-touch cursor, and set the video scale. Participants can submit the video via Vernier's Facebook Page (http://facebook.com/vernierst). The contest ends December 3, 2010. For more information about downloading the application and to upload your video entry to the contest, visit www.vernier.com/videophysics

"The video analysis features of Logger Pro, our desktop data-collection software, are widely used by science teachers across the world," says John Gastineau, Staff Scientist at Vernier. "Building upon that tradition, Vernier's iOS team has developed a robust application for science educators. Video Physics lets instructors take video analysis out of the lab and into the field to study the motion of objects in our everyday lives."

If you are interested in more information about the contest, please contact Brooke Grow at [email protected] or via phone at 410-975-9638.

About Vernier Software & Technology

Vernier Software & Technology has been an innovator of data-collection technology for 29 years and their products can be found in 130 countries.  Creating easy-to-use and affordable science interfaces, sensors, and software, their products are used in education from elementary school to college. Vernier helps teachers enhance their science curriculum, increase learning, and build students' critical thinking skills. For more information visit www.vernier.com.

SOURCE Vernier Software & Technology

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