Graphing Your Motion

Today, we did the lab called "Graphing Your Motion" which we were tried to start on Tuesday. The Lab Quests were charged and ready to go today. They worked! Once we discovered that our Lab Quest worked, my group found an empty classroom to complete the lab in since we needed more room. After we hooked the motion detector up to the Lab Quest, we started. First, we started with the position and time graph. We discovered that the slower you walked, the broader the line would be on the graph. So, if you would go faster, the line would be steeper. After we completed the position and time part, we moved on the the velocity and time part. This graph was more complex for us. Ours looked like big squiggles. We discovered that the slower you walked again, the squiggles on the graph were more spread out. When we walked faster, the graph was closer together. This would be a neat experience to try in the classroom someday, only if I grow more accustomed to technology. Right now, I would not trust myself doing this since I am not very familiar with this equipment. This lab was interesting though, showing us in person what position and velocity mean. It was neat to see what the speed of the walker did to the graphs. Overall, this lab was a great learning experience.