11-4-08

Today, November 4th 2008, Mr. Manning's plan was to do the: -Daily Question -Late work -Recorder's Report -Force Scale

The Daily Question for today was:

As more weight is hung off the cart, the acceleration... a. increases b. decreases c. remains constant d. its 0 m/s/s

The right answer to the Daily question is a. increases.

After doing the Daily Question, Mr. Manning discussed that late work needs to be handed in by Wednesday the 5th.

Next, Mr. Manning explained that each group for the lab, Force and Motion, needed to do a Recorder’s Report. This report is a paper that has four questions on it about that lab. Each person in the group must answer at least one question. When the paper is finished, the group must hand in the paper with the lab.

After discussing the Recorder’s Report, Mr. Manning told the class that it was important to zero the force scale so that your results are correct.

Lastly, we were sent to work on our lab, Force and Motion. In this lab, we are trying to find out if the unbalanced force is changed, will the acceleration change. The way we are trying to figure this out is by placing the cart on a track in front of a motion detector. We would change weights that hang on a string that is connected to the cart. The weights range from 50g to 400g. The heavier the weight was, he faster the cart would move.

This is a picture of the cart ready to be tested: