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Moving Man Applet

Moving Man Applet

This applet demonstrates kinematics by plotting the motion of a man that is dragged across the screen by the user. Applet can plot the position, velocity, or acceleration as functions of time, or any combination of the three simultaneously.
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
August 6, 2000
Date Modified in MERLOT:
October 9, 2019
Author:
 
Submitter:
John Walkup
Primary Audience:
High School, College General Ed
Technical Format:
Website, Java Applet
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
Cost Involved:
No
Source Code Available:
No
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No

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John Walkup
John Walkup (Staff)
24 years ago
Neat idea, but the plots are far too sensitive to the motion of the mouse. What
this applet needs is some form of an artificial inertia (such as done by
logscaling). However, the applet is well laid out and the controls are clear.