Moving Plots Lab

Here is the lab handout:

Here is how to get the data for the lab: (Watch these for the video flip)

Getting a tape:

Getting numbers from the tape:

How to enter the data and do the calculations on Gooogle sheets:

How to make the Position-Time Graph with the proper gridlines on Goooogle sheets:

How to make the Velocity-Time Graph with the proper gridlines on Gooooogle sheets:

You will have to log into your Google Drive on a PC in the back of the room to print the 3 sheets. When you see the print preview for the data sheet, on the right click "Portrait" orientation for the paper, and below that, pull down the "scale" menu to the "fit to height" option, and you will use only one sheet of paper for that.

Also print out your velocity graph, and your position graph on separate sheets of paper. I think these are best as "Landscape" orientation. (Three pages total - with luck ;-)

Don't forget to log out of your Google account when you are done, or someone will change your language preference to "Icelandic"

Here is how to do the tangent lines:

Here is how to do the lines of best fit for the velocity:

Here is the setup: The idea is for the cart, whilst it is towing the tape through the timer, it pulls about 1.8 or 1.9 m of tape through. Less than 2.0 m. Tweak the height of the ramp for each cart so this happens.

Old videos for Microsoft Office:

Here is how to make the spreadsheet:

(Using Office 2007)

6:25

HTPG02 Graphs for the Moving Plots Lab (Office 2007)

(Using Mac Excel 2008)

10:28

Moving Plots Graphs for Mac Excel 2008

(Using Excel 2003)

7:15Spreadsheet for the G Moving Plots Lab