Students conclusions should answer these three questions about the graphical representation of motion. Discuss questions raised by the students. Assign students to find answers to questions raised. Keep the students from allowing the cart to hit the motion sensor. There are no unusual safety hazards for this lab.
Computer Set Up Connect the interface to the computer and connect the interface to a power supply.
Turn on the interfaceand the computer. Open the motion detecter software. Computer Use Adjust the distance scale to 2 meters and the time scale to about 3 to 5 seconds. These can be adjusted once you see how the data looks. You can display both Distance and Velocity graphs at the same time or use yur software to switch from one to another.