Motion

Arbor Scientific is providing physics and physical science teachers with a collection of student lab activities on the study of Motion. Here you can browse lab activities by title and get teachers notes, student worksheets and a list of equipment and supplies needed for each activity.

Projectile Motion

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Arbor Scientific

I'm able to astound students with physics...“Why have my students gone on to careers in aeronautics and the Army's flight program? Maybe it's my air rockets! I use them multiple times during the year to study vertical motion, momentum, and more.

This post was posted in Labs, Motion and was tagged with projectile motion, air-powered projectile, air rocket
Motion on an Inclined Air Track

Posted on January 1, 2009 by admin

In this simple lab using an air track and two photogates, students will calculate the acceleration of a glider sliding on an incline, and calculate the force that caused the acceleration. Simple connected photogates are needed for this lab. They need to display the time they are blocked, and the time between. Note that “time between” is from the beginning of one gate to the beginning of the other.

This post was posted in Labs, Motion and was tagged with Motion, air track, incline
Spark Timer Motion

Posted on May 9, 2006 by Arbor Scientific

Students will use a spark timer to record the motion of two toy cars. The spark timer produces a physical record of the motion by making a mark on tape at set intervals. Students measure the distance between the marks and graph the motion.

This post was posted in Labs, Motion and was tagged with acceleration, velocity, spark timer motion, toy cars, graph
Measuring Constant Velocity

Posted on January 1, 2005 by Cary Busby

Measuring Constant Velocity- A moving object experiences a change in its position in a certain time. For constant velocity, the change in position over each equivalent time period is constant. Students will graph the position vs. time of a moving car. The graph will be a straight line whose slope is the car’s velocity.

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Analyzing Motion

Posted on January 1, 2005 by Mark Davids

Science students: Start your engines! “When I pull out the constant velocity cars, I usually hear a chorus of, ‘All right!’ from the class. That's what I think, too, because these powerful miniature dune buggies are so effective at helping my students really grasp what constant motion is and how to graph it.

This post was posted in Labs, Motion and was tagged with Constant Velocity, cars, analyzing motion

Motion

Projectile Motion

Motion on an Inclined Air Track

Spark Timer Motion

Measuring Constant Velocity

Analyzing Motion