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| - | - Students work in groups to explain trajectories of a hockey puck moving along the earth | + | - This computer visualization activity is designed to help upper division undergraduate students visualize the motion of a hockey puck located on the surface of the earth. |
| - | - Animations highlight the motion of the puck in different references frames | + | - Students work in groups and use a computer animation to explain trajectories of a hockey puck in different references frames, taking into account the Coriolis effect. |
| + | - The whole class wrap-up discussion summarizes the possible trajectories the hockey puck can take, helping students visualize the motion of objects in a rotating reference frame. | ||
