'Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)'
Abstract
For a better understanding and learning physics students need practical experimentation as much as teachers' theoretical explanations. Sometimes experimental equipment costs or time availability limit the students work in the laboratory. Current smartphones are powerful calculation devices with built-in sensors which can be used as measurement tools in many simple physics experiments by replacing more expensive laboratory equipment and also allow
the students to do experiments by themselves along everyday activities increasing students'
autonomous work and engagement. In this work we describe briefly some
experiments performed with smartphones and discuss their results and learning interest
