iPhone in Education (3.5 of 5): Seismometer

One of the problems with the iPhone / iPod touch is that there are so many good Apps that are available for it. My old friend Bertie pointed out that some of the functionality of the iPhone / iPod Touch that I have mentioned in previous posts is also available for other handheld devices. I’m am sure this is true.

However, one app that I have definitely not seen on any other phone is the iPhone Seismometer – I must for all geography Teacher or anyone with a spare 59p ($1.00) to spend in the Apple Apps Store.

 

The Seismometer is a great little App that uses the phones accelerometer to turn your phone into a Seismometer. The Seismometer draws an electronic graph on the screen of your iPhone / iPod Touch. Compared to a normal Seismometer that costs around £300 – if you have an iPhone this is a pretty cheap option.

Just like a normal Seismometer the more to shake your phone the larger the waves of the Seismograph become. The other good thing about it (apart from being a great visual aid) is that you can use it to help teach about the axis of graphs. In the ‘Settings Menu’ you can turn parts of the measuring axis on and off.

For example if you turn the ‘Z’ Axis on and more the phone from side to side nothing will appear on the seismograph – however if you move the phone up and down the seismometer will react and a graph will be drawn.

Comments

[Alan Parkinson]

Nice series of posts.
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