8.4 Moving About – Practical Work

 

  1. Ticker Timer – Active Physics p37
    1. Slow constant velocity
    2. Fast constant velocity
    3. Acceleration

 

 

  1. Newton’s Second Law
    1. Masses

       
      Set up the equipment as shown

Ticker Timer

 
 


Trolley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Carrier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


    1. Use the ticker timer to determine the acceleration of the trolley as seen in the previous prac.
    2. Transfer a mass from the trolley to the carrier.
    3. Repeat to give a total of 5 runs.
    4. Plot hanging weight force (F = mg) against acceleration.
    5. Use the graph to determine the total mass of the system (use the gradient)
    6. Determine the mass of the trolley
    7. Compare to the true mass of the trolley.

 

 

  1. Collisions – Active Physics p 92
    1. Can use air track or dynamics trolleys.

 

 

  1. Inertia
    1. Use dynamics trolleys to demonstrate the effects of seatbelts during collisions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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