PASSIONATELY CURIOUS - Sebastian Martin, PhD » Light Traces http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/sebastianm My hands-on science at the Exploratorium, San Francisco. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:09:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 A different physics class http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/sebastianm/2008/09/15/a-different-physics-class/ http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/sebastianm/2008/09/15/a-different-physics-class/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:24:21 +0000 Sebastian Martin http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/sebastianm/2008/09/15/a-different-physics-class/

Bree Barnett just shared her amazing pictures of a class of “Light Traces” with us. Her photos are a stunning combination of art and physics experiments. The beautiful lines of light carry a full description of the physical motion (translation and rotation) of the object as it moved through space in one single image. Click on the photo to see more.

She and her students used LED lights to visualize experiments on kinetics.  By taking long-exposure pictures of  moving objects with lights they manage to visualize the path of motion.

“Light Traces” is a hands-on teaching activity that was developed by Sebastian Martin, inspired by Light Painting from the PIE group.

Read detailed instructions or  look at a picture gallery .

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Have a look at the first pictures we did (on flickr). The theme is “geometry” – which is also the topic of the exhibits I am currently working on. Click on the picture to see more samples and instructions:
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Want more?
A while ago I did “Light Traces of Baseball” with Amy Snyder, a professional Photographer! Here is another Flickr Set: Light Traces of Baseball. Enjoy.

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The Light Traces I did together with Amy Snyder are featured in the San Francisco Chronicle today (06/09/07)! The front page article talks about the science of pitching and has a few cool and definitely funny light traces pictures in it! Here is the link: A neophyte takes on the science of pitching

Have a look at our Light Traces of Baseball featuring Dave Barker (he is my coach).Baseball gallery

Read more: How to make Light Traces

]]> http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/sebastianm/2007/07/09/exploratorium-baseball-in-sf-chronicle/feed/ 0 Summer Institute 2007 Motion-mania http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/sebastianm/2007/07/01/summer-institute-2007-motion-mania/ http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/sebastianm/2007/07/01/summer-institute-2007-motion-mania/#comments Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:44:00 +0000 admin http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/sebastianm/2007/07/01/summer-institute-2007-motion-mania/ Blinkies in the Physics Summer Institute. Click on the Photos, and the first video(!) of Light Traces or download the Hand-out .
There is also a FLICKR PICTURE GALLERY

Video of backward spinning wheel with two LEDs

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Thanks for experimenting with us!

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Does gravity pull equally on heavy and light objects? – A free fall experiment done with only a camera and a pulsed LED light. How to…
Find more light traces in this gallery:

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Read more: How to make Light Traces

]]> http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/sebastianm/2007/06/13/exploratorium-quarterly-baseball/feed/ 0 Science of Baseball http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/sebastianm/2007/02/28/science-of-baseball/ http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/sebastianm/2007/02/28/science-of-baseball/#comments Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:25:00 +0000 admin http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/sebastianm/2007/02/28/science-of-baseball/ The Teacher workshop Science of Baseball (02/24) was a lot of fun. Have a look at more pictures on Flickr:
Curveball

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Photos of Harmonics. Photos by Andrew, Glory, and Steve

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