Physics 500 Lab Report Discussion
The Physics 500
Introduction: The purpose of this lab is to show how to calculate the average speed and acceleration in six different races. In order to find average speed you will need to use the formula s=d/t (s= speed, d=distance, t=time). On the other hand, for accelaration you will use the formula a= vf-vi/t (a=acceleration, vf=final velocity, vi= initial velocity, t=time). Average speed is how fast something is moving; the path distanced moved per time. Acceleration is the rate of which velocity is changing, the change may be in magnitude, direction, or both.
Materials & Procedures:
The materials you will need for this experiment are:
-3 people
-stopwatch
-paper & pen
-2 cones
-field
Once you’ve collected all the materials you will proceed to the following steps: …show more content…
Choose 3 people you will like to work with in a team. 2. Assign each person to either record the time, write down results, or to do the 6 different type of races 3. Go outside to a field and put the 2 cones at a distance of 10 meters from each other 4. The person who will do the races will be on one side of the cone and the other 2 people will be on the other side of the cone 5. Once everything is set up, the person with the stopwatch will tell the one who is doing the races to start when he/she says “Go!” & once he/she gets to the other side the person will stop the time and give the amount if tune to the recorder. 6. You will do six different races: running, skipping, jumping, running backwards, karaoke, shuffle. Each race will have 2 trials recorded with its time. 7. Once all races are recorded and finished, you will calculate the average speed and accelerations of each race. Activity | Distance | Trial Time 1: | Trial Time 2: | Avg. Speed | Acceleration:
Introduction: The purpose of this lab is to show how to calculate the average speed and acceleration in six different races. In order to find average speed you will need to use the formula s=d/t (s= speed, d=distance, t=time). On the other hand, for accelaration you will use the formula a= vf-vi/t (a=acceleration, vf=final velocity, vi= initial velocity, t=time). Average speed is how fast something is moving; the path distanced moved per time. Acceleration is the rate of which velocity is changing, the change may be in magnitude, direction, or both.
Materials & Procedures:
The materials you will need for this experiment are:
-3 people
-stopwatch
-paper & pen
-2 cones
-field
Once you’ve collected all the materials you will proceed to the following steps: …show more content…
Choose 3 people you will like to work with in a team. 2. Assign each person to either record the time, write down results, or to do the 6 different type of races 3. Go outside to a field and put the 2 cones at a distance of 10 meters from each other 4. The person who will do the races will be on one side of the cone and the other 2 people will be on the other side of the cone 5. Once everything is set up, the person with the stopwatch will tell the one who is doing the races to start when he/she says “Go!” & once he/she gets to the other side the person will stop the time and give the amount if tune to the recorder. 6. You will do six different races: running, skipping, jumping, running backwards, karaoke, shuffle. Each race will have 2 trials recorded with its time. 7. Once all races are recorded and finished, you will calculate the average speed and accelerations of each race. Activity | Distance | Trial Time 1: | Trial Time 2: | Avg. Speed | Acceleration: