Circular Motion Stations Lab

We finished up our study of projectile motion with a quiz and watching the Mythbusters episode "Bullet Fired vs. Bullet Dropped".  We started our study of Circular Motion by investigating a number of activities set up at the lab stations.  If you were not at school, please

1.Download the lab by clicking here, and print out a copy.

2.  Copy the background information about the 3 main points of circular motion.
•An object in circular motion is always acted on by a force directed toward the center of the circle.
•If the force is removed, an object will travel in a straight line tangent to the circle due to inertia.
•Because there is a force acting toward the center of the circle, there is also an acceleration acting toward the center of the circle.


3.  Carefully read through the description of each activity and make a prediction about the results, or how you can most effectively get the experiment to work.

4.  Then watch each video posted at Mr. Hammack's site and describe the results of the experiment.  (For Experiment 8 you will need to use your own heavy textbook).

5. Using the background information at the beginning of the lab, see if you can explain your results.

The lab will be collected at the next class period.

HW: Finish lab if necessary