Modelling in physics teaching via stop motion production with the Raspberry Pi compute

Abstract In this work we present a cost effective apparatus for producing frame by frame animation (stop motion) as a didactic tool for Physics teaching. The apparatus dedicated to capture and exhibit stop motion is built with a Raspberry Pi computer and has an interface which allows students to a simplified handling and to an immediate playback of the modeled results. We review different tools for modeling dynamic situations and we also present characteristics that make advantageous the usage of stop motion on Physics teaching. We draw a short historical landscape of frame by frame animation and then we describe in detail how to build the apparatus and how to install a custom dedicated software we developed, in order to enable its replication and use in Physics classrooms.