Abstract
Cart on track accelerated by hanging mass. Data acquisition via smart pulley.
Portable
Yes
Principles Illustrated
Newton’s second law. See theory.
NCEA & Science Curriculum
PHYS 2.4 and SCI 1.1
Instructions
Example Data and Movie
Example Data: Newton2SampleData.pdf
Movie:
Cartrun.m4v || Older .mov version: Cartrun.mov
Safety
Individual teachers are responsible for safety in their own classes. Even familiar demonstrations should be practised and safety-checked by individual teachers before they are used in a classroom.
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Credits
This teaching resource was developed with support from
The MacDiarmid Institute
Faculty of Science, Victoria University of Wellington
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington