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IB Physics
Linear Kinematics (Chapter 2) Syllabus
Text: Physics 6
th
edition by Douglas Giancoli
Block
In Class Due on this class
1
Sept 4/5
-Hand out Syllabus/Course Policy
-Speed Trap lab outside
DI
-Calculating Speed/Sig Figs
-Information card
-Video Flip 1B-1E/Noteguide
Bring a calculator, a writing utensil, and paper
Turn in:
Completed information card
2
Sept 6/9
-Seating in Quad Pods
-Speed Trap Example
GW
-Uncertainty worksheet, Speed Trap Lab, FA 1.1
Video - Tour of the website
(I will email you a link)
VF: 1A Sig Figs (optional)
VF: 1B-1E Uncertainty
Practice: Uncertainty Worksheet
3
Sept
10/11
SA 1.1 Uncertainty (first 30 minutes)
VF
-2C-Acceleration
DI
-Vector Nature of Velocity
Turn in:
FA 1.1
4
Sept 12/13
DI
-Example Kinematics
GW
-Solving Kinematics Problems P2.3
GW
-FA 2.3
-
suvat
flashcards/Data Packets/names on calculators!
VF: 2C, 2D Kinematics Practice: Practice for 2.3
5
Sept 16/17
DI
-Demos for Free Fall
GW
-Solving Free Fall problems
Lab
-Get tapes for Moving Plots
DI
-How to analyze your tapes
VF: 2H Free Fall Problems
Practice: Practice for 2.3
6
Sept 18/19
SA 2.3-Kinematics (first 30 minutes)
VF
-2F-Displacement Graphs
DI
-Tangent Lines for slopes
Turn in:
FA 2.3
Practice: Practice for 2.3
7
Sept 20/23
GW
-Work on Graphs of motion
-Demo of Plot Matching lab
VF: 2G Velocity Graphs
Practice: Practice for 2.4
8
Sept 24/25
Lab
-Air Rocket data gathering
GW
-Labs
Practice: Practice for 2.4
9
Sept
26/27
SA 2.4-Free Fall (first 30 minutes)
GW
-Labs
Turn in:
FA 2.4
1
Sept 30/
Oct 1
DI
-Vector Components
GW
-Labs or VF
2
Oct
2/3
More on Vectors!
VF: 3C, 3D, 3E
Turn in:
Moving Plots lab
Turn in:
Air Rocket lab
Assignments
4 Labs:
o
Speed Trap Lab – done the first day of class, written up the second day. No handout
o
Air Rocket Lab-outdoors
o
Moving Plots Lab – tape timer dots thingy
o
Plot Matching Lab – matching the plots on the computer/written note saying you did it. No handout
3 Formative/Summative Assessments:
o
1.1 Propagation of Uncertainty
o
2.3 Basic Kinematics
o
2.4 Free Fall Kinematics
Handouts
Significant Figures
(sig figs)
1. The leftmost nonzero digit is the most significant digit
2. If there is no decimal point, the rightmost
nonzero
digit is the least significant digit
3. If there is a decimal point, the rightmost digit is the least significant digit even if it is a zero
.
4. All digits between the least and most are also significant.
3010
3010.00
20
20.
20.0
30.010
3.200x10
4
100
1.0x10
2
100.
0.012
0.000150
37 people in a class
50,000 at a rally
In college you will learn some rules about propagating sig figs when you do calculations, but for now let's round our answers to the operand with the fewest
sig figs.
Noteguide for Uncertainty - Videos 1B, 1C, 1D, and 1E Name 1B - What uncertainty is and what it means:
For the value 5 ± 2
We think the value is 5 , but it could be as big as and as small as .
The absolute uncertainty is and the fractional uncertainty is or %
The rule for finding the uncertainty of a collection of repeated measurements:
The rule for estimating uncertainty when measuring something on an analog scale:
(like a ruler)
The rule for estimating the uncertainty of a digital meter:
Propagation of Uncertainty:
(How to find the uncertainty of a calculation)
1C - Adding or subtracting the rule is:
Examples
See if you can get these - they are solved in the example problem videos that follow the main video:
(45 ± 3) + (12 ± 2) = ??
(12.1 ± 0.3) - (4.5 ± 0.6) = ??
(11 ± 3) - (7 ± 2) = ??
(2.3 ±
.1)
+ (3.6 ±
.3)
(7.6 ±
.4)
- (2.5 ±
.3)
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Answers: 57 ± 5, 7.6 ± 0.9, 4 ± 5
1D - Multiplying or dividing the rule is:
With percents: (first video)
(5 ± 10%)
x (20 ± 15%)
With absolute uncertainty: (second video) (Write the weird math expression here)
Example: A metal plate measures 21.1 + 0.5 cm by 15.3 + 0.1 cm. What is its area?
Step 1 - Step 2 - Try these examples: (Again - solved on the website)
(45 ± 1) x (12 ± 1) = ??
540. ± 57
(30.0 ± .7) / (1.2 ± .1) = ??
25 ± 2.7
1E - The rule for powers:
(Write the math expression here)
Example: A cube measures 2.52 ± 0.05 cm on a side. What is its volume in cc?
Step 1 - Step 2 - Try these examples:
(4.5 ± 1.0)
2
= ??
20.3
9.0
√
25.0
±
0.2
5.000
0.020??
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Uncertainty
– Any measurement or value in Physics will have an uncertainty. Here’s how to estimate that uncertainty:
Measuring with a ruler: The uncertainty is ± half the smallest division on the ruler. If you measure something that is 12.4 cm long with a ruler that has mm divisions, then your uncertainty is ± .5 mm or ± .05 cm so you would say 12.4 ± .05 cm
Using a digital readout: The uncertainty is ± the last digit. If you have an ammeter that reads 1.56 Amps, it would be 1.56 ± .01 Amps.
Multiple trials of something with random error: You could say that it is the average, ± range/2. If you did 3 trials for the rocket lab, and a rocket stayed up in the air for 5.23, 5.25, 5.12, and 5.36 seconds, you could say that it is 5.24 (the average) ± 0.12 (the range/2, i.e. (5.36-5.12)/2).
Directions
: The answers are on the side. (Uncertainties should be rounded to 1 or 2 sig figs, and the number of decimal places in the answer should not exceed the limit of the uncertainty)
Adding or subtracting
– the uncertainty of a sum or difference is the sum of the uncertainties
25.2 ± 0.7
13.1 ± 0.2
23.12 ± 0.01
24 ± 2
21.3 ± 0.5
6.87 ± 0.03
+ 12.1 ± 0.5
- 16.25 ± 0.02
+ 127 ± 5
- 21.1 ± 0.1 151 ± 7
0.2 ± .6??
Multiplying and/or dividing
– if y = ab/c, then
y/y =
a/a +
b/b +
c/c (
reads uncertainty of) Round uncertainty to two sig figs.
31.6 ± 3.8
5.10 ± 0.2
3.12 ± 0.05
484 ± 2
137 ± 9
3.59 ± 0.15
x 6.20 ± 0.5
x 1.15 ± 0.03
12.0 ± 1
1.78 ± 0.05 40.3 ± 3.5
77.0 ± 7.2
(These are easy - % uncertainties are fractional uncertainties, so just add the %)
12%
0. What is the percent uncertainty of the area of a rectangle if the length is uncertain by 5%, and
the width by 7%
9%
1. What is the percent uncertainty of the volume of a cube if the sides each have a percent uncertainty of 3%?
15%
2. A sphere has a radius with an uncertainty of 5%, what is the percent uncertainty of the volume?
Powers
– if y = a
n
, then
y/y = |n
a/a| (
reads uncertainty of) Round uncertainty to two sig figs.
(12.6 ± 1.2)
2
(3.4 ± .1)
3
√(16 ± 3)
3
√(343 ± 31)
159 ± 30.
39.3 ± 3.5
4.00 ± .38?
7.00 ± 0.21 Word problems (the test isn't like these : - )
21.2 ± 1.3 m/s
0. A car goes 45 ± .5 m in 2.12 ± 0.11 seconds. What is the speed of the car, and what is the uncertainty of the speed?
14.7 ± .8 m
2
.77?
1. What is the area (with uncertainty) in square meters of a rectangular room that measures 3.5 x 4.2 m where both measurements have an uncertainty of .1 m?
140.4 ± 6.0 cm
2. A staircase has 12 steps, each one being 11.7 ± .5 cm high. What is the total height of the staircase with uncertainty? (Add twelve together…)
1.2 ± 1.3 cm
Yes
3. One board is 24.1 ± .5 cm long, and another is 25.3 ± .8 cm long. How much longer is the second than the first? Could the first possibly be longer?
452.4 ± 7.5 cm
2
4. What is the area (with uncertainty) of a circle that is 12.0 cm ± .1 cm in radius? (area =
r
2
so that is
x
r
x
r)
589 ± 68 cc
5. A sphere has a radius of 5.2 ± .2 cm. What is its volume in cubic centimeters? (V = 4/3
r
3
)
Noteguide for Acceleration - Videos 2C
Name 2C - Acceleration (first video - Acceleration Intro)
Write down what these quantities are:
Quantity
Formula
Units
What it is called
v
a
Example: A car goes from 0 to 27 m/s in 9.0 seconds, what is its acceleration?
Super Confusing Example: A rocket accelerates at 4.5 “g” s. What time will it take to reach the speed of sound (Mach I = 343 m/s) from rest?
Try these example problems. Don't freak out if you can't immediately get the answer. They are solved in the linked videos that follow the main one, so if you get stuck, watch the video.
1. A car speeds up from 0 to 21 m/s in 5.3 seconds. What is their acceleration?
(4.0 m/s/s)
2. A train can accelerate at 0.15 m/s/s. What time will it take to reach its top speed of 24 m/s from rest? (160 s)
3. What is the final speed if a person accelerates from rest at 32 f/s/s for 2.7 seconds? (86 f/s)
4. What is your acceleration if your velocity goes from 35 m/s to 20. m/s in 4.7 seconds? (-3.2 m/s/s - hint - what is the change
in velocity?)
5. What is your final velocity if you are going 12 m/s and you accelerate at 0.48 m/s/s for the next 16 seconds? (19.68 m/s ≈ 20. m/s - hint - you are already going 12 m/s - figure out the change
in velocity with the formula, and add it to 12 m/s)
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2C - Velocity and acceleration
(the second video - Velocity and Acceleration)
Consider the last example problem:
What is your final velocity if you are going 12 m/s and you accelerate at 0.48 m/s/s
for the next 16 seconds?
New Formula:
v = u + at
Write down what these are:
v = u = a = t =
Try these examples:
1. A car going 24.8 m/s decelerates at -
2.451 m/s/s for 1.67 s. What is its final velocity? (20.7 m/s)
2. What is the acceleration of a ball that goes from 12.5 m/s to 17.8 m/s in 2.5 seconds? (2.1 m/s/s)
3. A cop clocks a car going 22.4 m/s after having accelerated at -7.45 m/s/s for the last 3.4 seconds. What was the initial velocity of the car? (48 m/s)
4. What time will it take a train to slow from 23.2 m/s to 14.8 m/s if the acceleration is -1.2 m/s/s? (7.0 s)
In the unused space below, draw a cartoon of Principal Dellerba chasing Spaceman
Spiff through an asteroid belt:
Noteguide for Kinematics - Videos 2D
Name 2D - Kinematics (We call these suvat problems - you'll figure out why ; - )
v = u + at (memorize)
s = (u + v)
t
2
v
2
= u
2
+ 2as
s = ut +
½at
2
s - displacement (m)
u - initial velocity (m/s)
v - final velocity (m/s)
a - acceleration (m/s/s)
t - time (s)
(write down the names I give them, like "No s", "No a" etc.)
Example 1: A car goes from 14 m/s to 26 m/s in 300. m.
What is the acceleration, and
What time does it take?
Example 2: A rocket going 3130 m/s accelerates at 0.00135 m/s/s for a distance of 5.50 x 10
9
m.
What time does it take, and
What is the final velocity?
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Try these example problems. 1. A cart stops in a distance of 3.81 m in
a time of 4.51 s. What was its initial velocity? (1.69 m/s)
2. A car going 12 m/s accelerates at 1.2 m/s/s for 5.0 seconds. What is its displacement during this time? (75 m)
3. Another car with a velocity of 27 m/s stops in a distance of 36.74 m. What was its acceleration? (-9.9 m/s/s)
4. A car’s brakes slow it at 9.5 m/s/s. If it stops in 47.3 m, how fast was it going to start with? (30. m/s)
5. What time will it take a car going 23 m/s to start with, and accelerating at 3.5 m/s/s, to go 450 m? (10.7585 ≈ 11 s Hint - it is quadratic with "No v" but you can use "No t" to find v, and then use "No s" to find t without using the quadratic equation)
Practice for 2.3
On a separate sheet of paper, show your work. List your knowns (suvat), show which formula you are going to use, and show the knowns in that formula.
Regular one step or two step problems:
11.2 m
1. A Pirate Ship accelerates uniformly from 1.80 m/s to 5.60 m/s with an acceleration of 1.25 m/s/s. What was its displacement?
8.28 m/s
2. A lemur going 3.45 m/s accelerates at 1.52 m/s/s for 3.18 s. What is its final velocity?
-8.85 m/s/s
3. A giant lizard stops in 5.85 m in 1.15 s. What was its acceleration?
12.4 s
4. A tuna going 2.35 m/s accelerates at 0.208 m/s/s covering a distance of 45.0 m. What time did it take?
7.27 m
5. A lemming speeds up from rest to 5.19 m/s in 2.80 s. What is its displacement during this time?
21.6 m/s
6. An accident scene detective knows that a car with a deceleration of -7.14 m/s/s was brought to rest
in 32.8 m. What was the initial velocity?
-1.22 m/s/s
7. What is the acceleration of an ATV that goes from 12.0 m/s to 7.50 m/s in 3.68 s?
41.9 m
8. A XC runner accelerates uniformly for 8.20 s at 0.540 m/s/s having a final velocity of 7.32 m/s. What is their displacement during this time?
22.8 m/s
9. A racecar accelerates at 5.13 m/s/s for 3.35 s covering a distance of 105 m. What was its initial velocity?
21.9 m/s
10. A car avoiding an accident is brought to rest over a distance of 56.0 m in 5.12 s. What was its initial velocity?
-4690 m/s/s
11. A baseball going 38.0 m/s decelerates to rest over a distance of 0.154 m. What was its deceleration? (It's big)
-2.01 m/s/s
12. A car goes from 27.2 m/s to 14.7 m/s in 6.23 s. What is its acceleration?
458 m
13. A train going 45.0 m/s decelerates at -2.17 m/s/s for 17.9 s. What is its displacement during this time?
4.36 m/s
14. A hamster going 2.7 m/s accelerates uniformly for 6.52 s, covering a distance of 23.0 m. What was its final velocity? (it's riding a hamster scooter)
2.33 s
15. A car is going 15.0 m/s after having decelerated at -6.25 m/s/s over a distance of 52.0 m. What time did it take?
-25.1 m/s
16. A hot pocket accelerating at -9.81 m/s/s from rest falls downward -32.1 m. What is the final velocity?
18.2 m/s
17. A car accelerates uniformly for 8.70 s with a final velocity of 31.5 m/s over a distance of 216 m. What was its initial velocity?
2.39 s
18. A car that can brake at -8.92 m/s/s will take what time to decelerate from 33.1 m/s to 11.8 m/s?
81.6 m
19. A rollercoaster car going 8.60 m/s decelerates at -0.215 m/s/s for 11.0 s. What was its displacement during this time?
47.1 s
20. A space probe is going 615 m/s after having decelerated at -0.147 m/s/s over a distance of 29,100
m. What time did it take?
Two-part kinematics problems:
39.2 m
21. A dragon accelerates from 1.13 m/s to 3.60 m/s in 4.13 seconds. Over what distance could it accelerate from rest to 6.85 m/s if it had the same acceleration?
4.98 s
22. A car accelerates uniformly from rest, covering 65.0 m in 5.62 seconds. What time would it take the same car to go from 8.90 m/s to 29.4 m/s if it had the same acceleration?
7.73 m/s
23. A runner covers 21.5 m accelerating uniformly from rest to 9.94 m/s. What was their speed when they had covered only 13.0 m?
2.84 s
24. A train decelerates from 35.0 m/s to 22.0 m/s in 42.0 seconds. What time did it take it to cover 98.0 meters from the beginning?
17.5 s
25. A car accelerates from rest to 23.0 m/s over a distance of 231 m. What time would it take it to accelerate from rest to 20.0 m/s if it accelerated at the same rate?
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Noteguide for Displacement Graphs - Videos 2F
Name Slope on a position time graph:
Whiteboards:
Keep in mind that when you find the slope, you should use the entire line segment. (i.e. 2.0 seconds, use
the entire line from t = 0 to t = 3.0 s, and find the rise/run for that entire segment.) 1. What is the velocity at 2.0 s? (0.67 m/s)
2. What is the velocity at 4.0 s? (0 m/s)
Position in meters
T
i
m
e
i
n
s
e
c
o
n
d
s
5
s
4
m
3. What is the velocity at 6.2 s? (2.0 m/s)
4. What is the velocity at 8.15 s? (-3.0 m/s)
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Noteguide for Velocity Graphs - Videos 2G
Name Slope of velocity graphs:
What does the slope on a velocity graph mean?
Whiteboards:
Keep in mind that when you find the slope, you should use the entire line segment. 1. What is the Acceleration at 1.15887 seconds? (1.5
m/s/s)
2. What is the Acceleration at 8.1 s? (-0.50 m/s/s)
(In calculus the slope is the derivative)
Area under velocity graphs:
What does the area under a velocity graph mean?
Whiteboards:
"Area under" means the area between the graph and the x-axis. The units of this "area" are meters in this case, so it's not area in a strict sense. Graph areas can have all kinds of different units.
1. What displacement between 2 and 4 seconds? (6.0
m)
2. What displacement between 4 and 7 seconds? (13.5 m)
(In calculus the area under is the integral)
Noteguide for Free Fall - Videos 2H
Name Problem Solving Tips
1 - Iff start and stop at same elevation
5 - 2 - 6 - 3 - Example 1 - An object is launched straight up with a velocity of +33.0 m/s, and strikes the ground at the same elevation from which it is launched. Use the acceleration of gravity to be -9.81 m/s/s, and neglect air friction
1.
When is it at the top? 2.
How high does it go at the highest? 3.
What total time is it in the air?
4.
What is its velocity at an elevation of 45 m? At what times after launch does it reach this elevation?
5.
What is its velocity and displacement at 5.20 s after launch?
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Example 2 - A piece falls off a rocket that is 27.0 m above the ground when the rocket is moving upwards at 21.0 m/s. Neglect air friction.
1.
Describe to your neighbor what the piece will do
2.
To what height does the piece rise above its release point before coming down?
3.
What is the velocity of impact of the piece with the ground?
4.
What time does the piece take to reach the ground?
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Free Fall Practice Problems from 2.4
On a separate sheet of paper, show your work. List your knowns (suvat), show which formula you are going to use, and show the knowns in that formula. Round to the correct significant figures, ignore air friction and use the convention that down is negative. g = 9.81 m/s/s
49.0 m
31.0 m/s
32.4 m
1. A Turkey is shot straight up and remains in the air for a total (up and
down) time of 6.32 s before coming down again to the same elevation. What is the greatest height it reaches? What was its initial velocity? What is its displacement exactly 5.00 seconds after it is launched? 19.2 m
1.98 s
3.65 s
2. A frozen pot pie is launched upwards at 19.4 m/s, and lands at the same elevation from which it was launched. To what height does it rise before going back down again? What time does it take to reach the very highest point? What time elapses between release, and
the pie being 5.50 m above the release point on the way down?
-9.66 m/s
31.7 m
3. A lemon is launched upwards at 28.0 m/s. It goes up, and on the way down it strikes the top of a 35.2 m tall light tower. With what velocity does it strike the light tower? What is its displacement 4.15 seconds after it is launched?
25.6 m/s
33.4 m
-17.9 m/s
4. A flaming digital air rocket is launched vertically upwards, and is in the air for a total
(up and
down) of 5.22 s, before striking the ground again. At what velocity was it launched? What height did it reach? What was its velocity at an elevation 17.0 m as it was going down
?
11.2 m/s
2.29 s
1.01 m
5. A chicken nugget is thrown upwards and reaches a height of 6.45 m above its release point, and is caught at the same elevation from which it was thrown. What was its initial velocity? What total time is the nugget in the air? What is its position 2.20 seconds after it is released?
-15.9 m/s
1.20 s
6. A gourd is thrown downward from the top of a 12.0 m tall building at a velocity of -
4.12 m/s. With what velocity will it strike the ground? What time will it take to reach the ground?
42.0 m/s
84.6 m
7.30 s
7. A watermelon is launched straight upwards, and strikes the ground at the same elevation from which it is launched. It goes to a maximum height of 89.7 m before coming down. What was its initial velocity leaving the ground? What is its displacement
5.30 s after it leaves the ground? What time will it take from when it is launched to when
it reaches an elevation of 45.0 m on the way down?
11.7 m/s
-21.8 m/s
8. A projectile is thrown vertically upward from the top of a 17.2 m tall building and strikes the ground 3.42 s after it is released. What was its initial velocity? With what velocity does it strike the ground?
14.7m
2.86 s
9. A hot pocket is thrown vertically upwards at 17.0 m/s, and lands on a roof on the way down that is 8.50 m tall. What height does it reach? What time does it take to hit the roof on the way down?
13.5 m/s
-7.82 m/s
10. A giant sloth throws a ball upward from the ground, and it comes down on top of a 6.12 m tall building in 2.17 s What is the ball’s initial upward velocity? With what velocity does it strike the roof?
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IB Physics Measuring the Initial Velocity of an Air Rocket
You can measure the initial velocity of an air rocket by firing it straight up into the air and timing
how long it takes to reach the earth again. If you need help with this there is a website for this
lab with videos
Materials:
1. Get a launch platform, a bicycle pump, a nose cone, a rocket body, and four different sizes of thrust
washers. (Super, High, Medium, and Low) Locate yourself at least 30 feet from the nearest group, or hard
surface.
Design
2. Your goal is to measure the initial velocity of the air rocket as it leaves the launch pad from the time it is
in the air. This is tricky because the launch is always unpredictable – so the timer’s reaction time
introduces a systematic
error. Clever students estimate this error and add it to the average of time. You
need to decide how many trials of each washer to do, how to time, and how to correct for the timer’s
reaction time. There is also random trial to trial error. (Not every launch is the same.) Write a brief
sentence on how you dealt with this systematic error
Data Collection and Processing 3. •
Create a nice data table for your raw data.
Include in your table labels
, units
and uncertainty
. You
will have to calculate the uncertainty for each washer from the trials. The uncertainty for multiple trials of
a washer is ±
range
2
where the range is Max-Min. This trial to trial error is actual random
error
intrinsic to the timing method and the apparatus itself. Your data table should:
•be a table
(draw lines around it) •have the units
labeled •have the uncertainty
of
each thrust washer's data in it. Watch the online videos if this makes no sense to you.
4. •Calculate one initial launch velocity from the average
of your trials for each washer. It would be
appropriate to add the timer’s reaction time to the average to arrive at the total time the rocket is in the air.
(Remember – at ½ the total time
in the air the final velocity is 0, so you know v, a and t) •Show each of
these calculations. 5. •Also calculate the uncertainty of this velocity
from the uncertainty of time. (use the relation Δu
u
=
Δt
t
- that the fractional uncertainty of the time is the same as that of the velocity)
•Show each of these calculations. 6. •Create an appropriate graph
to present your calculated velocities
. (
Computer generated
, or by hand on
graph paper
…) Be sure that the graph starts with 0 (zero) on the y-axis
. Your graph should reflect
the uncertainty of the velocity you calculated.
Conclusion and Evaluation
7. •Evaluate the procedure as per IB criteria:
Cite what your velocities were (all 4) and write a sentence or two about any patterns that
emerged
List 2-3 main sources of error present in the procedure and equipment used
Suggest improvements to mitigate the identified sources of error
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IB Moving Plots
Here you will use a 60Hz tape timer to make position and velocity v time graphs of an object in free
fall. (or nearly in free fall)If you need help with this there is a website for this lab with videos
Getting a Tape:
1. You and one partner
will need a mass, a spark timer kit and some masking tape. You may work in a group
larger than two to gather data, just get a different tape for every two people at least.
2. Cut a 1.3 m length of expensive silver timer tape, and feed it from the top through the tape timer, so that about
5 cm or so sticks through the bottom. Have one person stand up on a chair holding the tape near the other end
(way up high), and have the other person clip the 0.5 kg mass to the other end. (If it slides off, try putting a
bit of masking tape on the timer tape on that end) Pull the mass up as high as you can, turn the timer on, wait
until the mass stops swinging, and have the person on the chair release the mass so it falls into the sandbox on
the floor.
Analyzing the Tape:
1.
Tape a meter stick to the table, and tape your timer tape next to it at both ends so the first clear dot is at the 0
cm end of the meter stick. 2.
Write down, measuring to the nearest millimeter, where the dots fall on the meter stick
. These numbers
should increase from 0 to almost 100. Do not measure between the dots.
3.
In Google Sheets, make a column that is labeled Time (s), and have it be every 60th of a second. (0, 0.01666,
0.03333, 0.05000, 0.06666, etc.) There is a quick way to do this that I will show in the video. In the second
column labeled Position (cm) type in your positions of your dots, starting with the first dot at 0 cm, and
ending with a number close to 100 cm. In your third column labeled Velocity (cm/s), make a formula that is
the distance traveled in the last 1/60th of a second, divided by the elapsed time (1/60th s) This will look like
"=(B3-B2)*60". You will have one fewer of these than positions, and this will start next to the second
position.
4.
Make two
nice x-y scatter
graphs: (Vertical vs. Horizontal) a.
Distance (cm) vs time (s) – choose the smooth line graph, label the axes etc., and make it a separate
sheet. Right click on the series when you are done, choose “Add Trendline” and put a second order
polynomial model on your data. Click the box “Display equation on chart”
b.
Velocity (cm/s) vs. time (s) – choose the points only, and you could put this graph on the same page
as the data to save paper. Add a “Linear” trend line to this graph, displaying the equation on the
graph.
Write up:
Tangent Lines:
Pick a smooth part of the distance vs. time graph. •Draw a long tangent line with a ruler to a
smooth part of the curve. The line should go off the plot frame at both ends. •By using the coordinates read
from your axes of where your tangent line enters and exits the plot frame, find the slope of the line you drew.
Show this calculation on the graph itself.
•Your tangent line is tangent at a certain point in time. Read this
from the time axis of your graph. How does that slope compare the velocity at that time you calculated in the
data table? (Compare the slope of the tangent line to the velocity at that time read from the values you
calculated in step 4 above – the velocity column.) Do this for two
points on the graph. Each person should do their very own tangent line.
Acceleration:
You have found the acceleration of the mass two different ways:
Excel polynomial model on position graph:
Excel will show your equation in the form y = Ax
2
+ Bx + C.
Our formula is s = ut + 1
/
2
at
2
where u = 0, so from the Excel polynomial, C and B should be 0 or thereabouts
(don’t worry if they are not) but most importantly, A (The coefficient of x
2
) will be 1
/
2
a - half the
acceleration of the mass. So double A, (the coefficient of x
2
) and you have the acceleration from this
model.
Slope of velocity graph:
This one is easy – the slope of the velocity vs. time graph is
the acceleration.
•Write a sentence where you state what the acceleration is using both ways
of calculation, and compare them
. Are
they close?
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