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    Pivot Interactives Motion Graphing A Dry Ice Puck On A Ramp

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    This document provides instructions for using a Pivot Interactives simulation to analyze the constant acceleration motion of a dry ice puck sliding down an inclined plane. Students are asked to measure the position of the puck over time, create a position-time graph with a polynomial trendline, and use the trendline equation to determine the puck's velocity, acceleration, and compare the measured acceleration to gravitational acceleration based on the ramp's angle.

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    Pivot Interactives Motion Graphing A Dry Ice Puck On A Ramp

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    This document provides instructions for using a Pivot Interactives simulation to analyze the constant acceleration motion of a dry ice puck sliding down an inclined plane. Students are asked to measure the position of the puck over time, create a position-time graph with a polynomial trendline, and use the trendline equation to determine the puck's velocity, acceleration, and compare the measured acceleration to gravitational acceleration based on the ramp's angle.

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    This document provides instructions for using a Pivot Interactives simulation to analyze the constant acceleration motion of a dry ice puck sliding down an inclined plane. Students are asked to measure the position of the puck over time, create a position-time graph with a polynomial trendline, and use the trendline equation to determine the puck's velocity, acceleration, and compare the measured acceleration to gravitational acceleration based on the ramp's angle.

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    Pivot Interactives Motion Graphing A Dry Ice Puck On A Ramp

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    Sophia
    This document provides instructions for using a Pivot Interactives simulation to analyze the constant acceleration motion of a dry ice puck sliding down an inclined plane. Students are asked to measure the position of the puck over time, create a position-time graph with a polynomial trendline, and use the trendline equation to determine the puck's velocity, acceleration, and compare the measured acceleration to gravitational acceleration based on the ramp's angle.

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    Pivot Interactives Motion Graphing a Dry Ice Puck on a Ramp

    Purpose: To analyze constant acceleration motion and learn the mathematical relationship
    between position, velocity and acceleration.

    Access the Pivot Interactives lab “Motion Graphing a Dry Ice Puck on a Ramp”. For this lesson
    we will be using the video and measurement tools, but we will be using an Excel spreadsheet
    for the analysis.
    Scroll down to “Dry Ice Puck Interactive” and then expand that section. You will see this:

    The default settings for the video are for a 420 gram puck and ramp angle #9. Pick any other
    combination of mass an angle for your measurement – just not either the default puck or angle.

    Before you begin, click on the toolbox in the upper right hand part of the screen. Then click on
    the stopwatch. You will see time measured in both second and frames (with the frame rate
    expressed in frames per second, or fps).

    Now click on the ruler. When the ruler appears, you will see that it is oriented horizontally –
    not particularly convenient for measuring motion down the ramp. But you can rotate the ruler
    to line up with the ramp. To do so, click on the ruler. You will notice that four white dots
    appear around the ruler. You can click on the white dot near 0 cm and drag it to rotate the
    ruler so it aligns with the ramp. Finally, click on the center of the ruler and drag it down to the
    surface of the ramp so that you can make convenient and accurate measurements of the puck
    position.
    Now click on the protractor in the toolbox and drag it to measure the angle of the ramp.
    Now run the video to see what the motion is like. You can then reset the video. To analyze the
    motion, click through frame by frame to identify the moment at which the ribbon holding the
    puck up is cut and the motion begins. When you get to that moment, click on “RESET” on the
    clock to set the clock to zero. Type the time (0.0000 seconds) and position at that moment into
    your spreadsheet. Continue to take data points by measuring the time and position every tenth
    frame until the end of the video recording is reached.
    In your spreadsheet, make a position vs. time scatter plot. Then fit a polynomial trendline and
    print the equation in the plot. Using this plot and your equation, answer the following
    questions:
    1) What is the velocity of the puck at the moment the ribbon holding the puck up is cut?
    2) What is the acceleration of the puck during its motion?
    3) What is the velocity of the puck at the last point you measured?
    4) An object in free fall at the Earth’s surface accelerates at 9.8 m/s2. Consider the angle at
    which the ramp in your video is tilted and show why the acceleration you measured
    makes sense given the free fall acceleration.
    Copy your plot into a Word document, and then type the answers to the questions into that
    document. Then submit the document via Canvas.

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