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GRAPH ACCELERATION 1G10.11

PURPOSE: To show Newton's second law.

DESCRIPTION: A weight and pully are used to accelerate a dynamic cart across the dynamic track. A smart pully and computer are used to measure and graph the acceleration. A projector is used to display the graph of the acceleration to the class.

EQUIPMENT: Dynamic track, cart, smart pulley, mass hanger, Science Workshop and computer.

SETUP NOTES: Stored in mechanics.

Updated by Jun Qi in 3/3/2000