Newton’s Second Law with a Smart Pulley

Abstract

Cart on track accelerated by hanging mass. Data acquisition via smart pulley.

The Apparatus

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

Copyright

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