High School + Physics + Linux = ?

Posted by Cliff on Monday September 16, 2002 @08:50AM from the we-need-more-penguins-in-high-schools dept.

earlums25 asks: ""I'm a high school physics teacher stuck in a school where not only is Windows rampant, but the sysadmin isn't interested in alternatives. I want to present a case where my students could use Linux boxes instead of Windows for the purpose of showing them there are alternatives. The major obstacle is that I haven't found software for Linux that would take the place of 'Precision Timer,' a piece of software that allows students to connect photogates through a Pasco 6500 interface. The software would need to recognize the input signal which comes in through the Pasco interface (a 1/4 inch plug connected the gameport), record time, plot data, print/save data and plots, and do basic calculation of speeds, accelerations, averages and standard deviations. Any ideas?"

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physics by nocomment · 2002-09-16 08:59 · Score: 0, Troll

It is physics, so you have to get physical with them!!! Push them around a bit.
Tell them it won't cost any money, either for the install or for administering. The hardware already exists I'm assuming?

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