(Exposure to using Physics Simulations):

This first lab is designed to help you practice manual graphing and learn how to create clean, presentable graphs. Since this is a simulation, there won’t be many sources of error, so the focus is on producing a proper lab write-up and demonstrating your ability to graph accurately. In the second part of the lab, you’ll be challenged to think more deeply about key physics concepts related to a pendulum, including velocity, acceleration, elastic potential energy, and kinetic energy. You’ll be creating five graphs—Period vs. Mass, Velocity vs. Time, Acceleration vs. Time, Elastic Potential Energy vs. Time, and Kinetic Energy vs. Time—each of which should take up about a quarter of a page. However, the Period vs. Square Root of the Length graph is especially important and must take up a full page. Finally, keep in mind that “two pi” (2π) is an angular measurement expressed in radians. This lab write up must be proofread and printed out to be hand in at the assigned date. 

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(The Potential and Kinetic Energy Behavior of a Mass on a Spring) Data Logger

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