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| Pendulum Lab | Find a mathematical model for the period of a pendulum. | none | ||
| Buggy Lab | Use battery powered toy cars to study an object moving at a constant speed. | none | ||
| RPM Lab | Use a wheel to relate linear to angular velocity. | rpm.83g | ||
| Height of an Object Lab | Use a measuring device and protractor or other device to measure the angle of elevation. Determine the height of an object. | none | ||
| Buggy Lab Extension | Use a motion detector to determine the speed on an object. With this information, discuss several standard mathematics problem situations. | generic.83g | ||
| Ball on an Incline Lab | Use a ball on an inclined ramp to study acceleration using the time to pass through two photogates. | gate.83g | ||
| Acceleration and the Quadratric Model | Use a picket fence to find a distance vs time data set. From this data set, calculate a velocity vs time data set. Use the two data sets to explain the quadratic model. | none | ||
| Calculating Velocity and Acceleration from Displacement | A spreadsheet and graphing utility can be used to calculate and graph velocity and acceleration from a displacement vs time data set. | |||
| Cart Ramp Lab | Use a picket fence on a cart rolling down a ramp to study acceleration as the angle of incline changes. | fence.83g | ||
| Parametric Digital Movie Analysis | A ball rolls off the end of a table. Using a background grid, determine the horizontal and vertical position of the ball. Find a parametric model for the motion of the ball. | none | ||
| Cart Ramp Lab from Digital Movie Analysis | A digital move was taken of a cart rolling down a ramp. The digital movie is analyzed frame by frame to study the motion, velocity, and accleration. Develop the models a =  v/t, v = at + vi and s = (1/2)at2 + vi t + so. The images are available on the first page. Explanations of how to develop the models using a spreadsheet and calculator / graphing software follow on a separate page. |
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| Ball Rolling on an Incline | Using a photogate to record the position of a ball rolling up and down an incline plane. The motion can be analyzed using the vertex of the parabala, the roots of the parabola, and the quadratic regression. This lab relates the meaning of the vertex, roots, and values of the quadratric model to the practical meaning in the lab. | generic.83g | ||
| Drop Ball Lab | Use objects with different mass to determine if mass is a factor in acceleration due to gravity. | drop.83g | ||
| Linearizing Data | An explanation of linearization and why it fails in certain circumstances is developed. | none | ||
| Sinusoid Lab | Use a pendulum, circular wheel, mass on a spring, sound or other harmonic motion to record and analyze a pendulum. | generic.83g | ||
| Newton's Second Law, F=m*a |
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| Graph Reciprocal Trig Functions | Using the graph of a sinusoid, demonstrate the graph of a secant/cosecant graph using a stast plot. | generic.83g | ||
| Explaining the Graph of Tangent | Using a meter stick, one can demonstrate how the slope relates to the graph of tangent. | none | ||
| Parametric Ramp Lab | Use parametric equations to determine the position a ball will land after rolling down a ramp and off of a table. | generic.83g | ||
| Law of Sines | Use string or rope to create triangles in the lab to be solved using law of sines. | none | ||
| All program files referenced above can be found in LHSblock.83g . Note: The file LINKCK which comes in each group must be installed for the programs to work properly. | ||||
| Amusement Park Acceleration | This section currently features an acceleration graph collected from an amusement park ride. | accel.83g | ||
| A Day at the Amusement Park | The precalculus/physics group spent a day collecting data at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City. The pages in this section detail the planning, preparation, activities, data collection, and assessment of the trip. | |||
| Barometric Pressure and Altitude on a KC135 Stratotanker | During a "Glory Trip" with USSTRATCOM, data for barometric pressure from takeoff and landing were recorded and analyzed. | |||
| Powerpoint Presentations: Using the TI-83 Calculator -- Windows - Right click the link and save the target to download. Macintosh - Hold mouse until dialog box and choose Save As option Download Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer if you do not have PowerPoint. All PowerPoint presentations Copyright Jerel Welker, Lincoln High School and may be printed/distributed if copyright notice remains. |
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| Linear Equations | Finding linear equations manually and with a linear regression. | |||
| Quadratic Equations | Finding models for parabolic data in vertex form, factored form, and quadratic form. Using a quadratic regression on a ball rolling up and down a ramp. | |||
| Sinusoidal Equations | Fitting a sinusoidal model to harmonic motion manually and with a regression. | |||
| Exponential Equations | Fitting an exponential mathematical model to a cooling curve with a TI-83 calculator. | |||
| Saving Data to a Program | Saving data from lists in the TI-83 calculator to a program. | |||
© 2004-2007, Jerel L. Welker
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Email: jwelker@lps.org |
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March 20, 2008
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