Students study the motion of a solar powered cart using video analysis. Students will determine the speed of a solar cart from a position vs. time graph, and they will also be able to use the information from the chart to describe the motion. Is the velocity of the solar powered cart constant? How constant the velocity is? A video of the motion is uploaded for the video analysis, and a key is also provided. results may differ depending on the cart used.
In this activity student will use a motion sensor to collect the position of a pull-back toy cart. Students will use the equations of kinematic to determine the acceleration from a velocity vs time graph, or a position vs time graph. Students will use the information obtained to answer the post lab questions. Students also will learn and practice on data collection, and display using data tables and graph.
Create velocity vs. time graphs using the information from the given position vs. time graphs. The velocity is calculated from the slope of the line in the position vs. time graph.
Students will be able to measure the acceleration of a cart down the ramp for different inclination angles, collected data may be used to predict the acceleration of the cart for an angle of 90 degrees by extrapolation. A graph of acceleration vs. sine(angle) should yield a strait line with a slope equals to the free fall acceleration g. A key and student sample data is provided.
Use video analysis to measure the acceleration of a falcon 9 rocket. How to determine the position, velocity, and acceleration of the rocket over time? How to use the data collected to analyze the rocket's motion? This lab activity is divided in four main sections, Introduction, data collection and data plotting , Analysis questions, and post-lab questions. any online source showing telemetry from a rocket launch may be used.
Lab activity: Use video analysis or similar technology to measure the velocity of a solar powered cart. Students will learn how to use excel or google sheets to graph data, plot a graph and obtain information from the graph as evidence to support a claim. Students may work in groups share the work, compare and communicate their results to the rest of the class. Students explore concepts like average velocity and instantaneous velocity.
Students investigate the acceleration of a cart down an incline for different incline angles, they will use the data obtained in this investigation to estimate the acceleration the cart would have if the angle is 90 degrees (vertical drop). This lab may be used to make the connection between accelerated motion and free fall motion.
Use the Aufbau rules together with the Pauli's exclusion principle, and Hund's rule to complete the activity. Cut-out the electrons (Arrows) to place the electrons in the right suborbitals taking into account opposite spins.
This presentation describes interactions of waves like reflection, refraction, diffraction, polarization (for light), doppler effect, resonance, standing waves, and interference (constructive and destructive). The teacher uses a ripple tank generator to illustrate the interactions alone with the presentation.
This powerpoint describe the physics of motion from constant velocity to acceleration, including information about how to construct motions maps, and how to build a velocity vs. time graph from a position vs. time graph or and acceleration vs. time graph from a velocity vs. time graph.
Includes a historical introduction to heat and temperature, explains the three heat transfer mechanism, introduce the concept of heat equilibrium and how it relates to the thermometer. Explain the different temperature scales used and the conversion between scales. Includes pictures to illustrate.
This presentation includes topics related to wave propagation specifically prepared for high school students, Concepts included are parts of a wave, transverse and longitudinal waves, period, frequency, wavelength, and speed, including sample problems and check for understanding questions. You are free to use it at your convenience. You are responsible for any changes you made to the material.
Practice on plotting data into a chart and get useful information from the chart using excel or google sheets, you may upload a copy of this file to your google drive and convert it to a google sheet. Students will experience the connection between the speed of the moving object and the slope of the line in the chart, as well as the meaning of the y-intercept as the starting position of the object. There are good videos available in youtube.com about the topic to show the students before doing
In this activity, students will use the equation for the law of conservation of momentum to predict the initial velocity of the metal sphere for an inelastic collision. Students will measure the mass of the objects, and the final velocity of the cart-ball system after the collision, and use the equation for conservation of momentum to calculate the initial velocity of the ball, this activity may be extended by also measuring the initial velocity of the ball using an extra motion sensor, a photog