POSITION VS TIME LAB
PURPOSE:
1. Observe motion via video analysis.
2. Collect position vs. time data.
3. Plot position vs. time and add best fit line.
4. Derive velocity function from best fit equation.
EQUIPMENT:
1. Toy car
2. Number line
3. Video camera
4. Windows Movie Maker
5. Microsoft Excel
PROCEDURE:
1. Observe and record the motion of the toy car using a video camera.
2. Use Windows Movie Maker to determine the position of the car in relation to the time of the video.
3. Plot the position and time points onto a scatter plot and use Microsoft Excel to create a line of best fit.
4. Using the line of best fit equation, determine the velocity function.
DATA/DATA ANALYSIS:
1. Observe motion via video analysis.
2. Collect position vs. time data.
3. Plot position vs. time and add best fit line.
4. Derive velocity function from best fit equation.
EQUIPMENT:
1. Toy car
2. Number line
3. Video camera
4. Windows Movie Maker
5. Microsoft Excel
PROCEDURE:
1. Observe and record the motion of the toy car using a video camera.
2. Use Windows Movie Maker to determine the position of the car in relation to the time of the video.
3. Plot the position and time points onto a scatter plot and use Microsoft Excel to create a line of best fit.
4. Using the line of best fit equation, determine the velocity function.
DATA/DATA ANALYSIS:
CONCLUSION:
The purpose of this lab was to practice deriving functions so that we could come up with a velocity function based on the position function. We found the velocity equation to be y=55.496x - 146.07.
The purpose of this lab was to practice deriving functions so that we could come up with a velocity function based on the position function. We found the velocity equation to be y=55.496x - 146.07.