This lab allows students to conceptually explore motion graphing. By producing motion at different speeds and directions the students should begin thinking about motion and words used to describe motion. Student's knowledge of terminology is not important prior to the lab. The students should record their set - up information for each of their runs.
Students are to graph the motion of the truck at various speeds and in both directions.
Students should describe their procedures on the student lab sheet. Discuss the questions raised by the students. Hopefully you can use the terminology of velocity, constant velocity and speed here. You could also introduce the concept of acceleration in terms of a changing speed or velocity here. Discuss the conclusions reached by the students.