Phys 1 Student Workbook.pdf

Student Workbook Physics Labs with Computers, Vol. 1012-07000A ContentsContentsCopyright Information..........................................................................................................................iiContents...........................................................................................................................................iiiPreface..............................................................................................................................................vInstructions – Using the Interface and DataStudioQuick Reference Guide for DataStudio...........................................................................................A – 1Section 1: ScienceWorkshop 500 Interface.....................................................................................A – 3Section 2: Experiment Setup - DataStudio......................................................................................A – 4Section 3: Data Analysis – DataStudio ...........................................................................................A – 7Instructions – Using ScienceWorkshopQuick Reference Guide for ScienceWorkshop ............................................................................... A – 9Section 1: Experiment Setup.......................................................................................................A – 11Section 2: Data Analysis..............................................................................................................A – 14Tutorial Activities – Exploration of the SensorsAcceleration Sensor....................................................................................................................A – 17Charge Sensor...........................................................................................................................A – 20Economy Force Sensor...............................................................................................................A – 23Light Sensor...............................................................................................................................A – 26Magnetic Field Sensor.................................................................................................................A – 28Motion Sensor............................................................................................................................A – 30Photogate/Pulley System............................................................................................................A – 33Pressure Sensor.........................................................................................................................A – 36Rotary Motion Sensor.................................................................................................................A – 38Sound Sensor.............................................................................................................................A – 40Temperature Sensor...................................................................................................................A – 43Voltage Sensor...........................................................................................................................A – 45Activities ListP01 Position and Time – Understanding Motion 1 (Motion Sensor)...................................................1P02 Velocity and Time – Understanding Motion 2 (Motion Sensor)...................................................7P03 Acceleration on an Incline (Acceleration Sensor).....................................................................13P04 Position, Velocity and Acceleration (Motion Sensor)................................................................21P05 Acceleration of a Freely Falling Picket Fence (Photogate).......................................................29P06 Acceleration Due to Gravity (Motion Sensor)..........................................................................35P07 Acceleration of a Cart (Motion Sensor)...................................................................................43P08 Newton’s Second Law – Constant Force (Force Sensor, Motion Sensor)..................................51P09 Newton’s Second Law – Push and Pull a Cart (Force Sensor, Motion Sensor)..........................57P10 Atwood’s Machine (Photogate/Pulley System)........................................................................63P11 Collision – Impulse and Momentum (Force Sensor, Motion Sensor).........................................69P12 Newton’s Third Law – Collisions and Tug-of-War (Force Sensors)...........................................77P13 Buoyant Force (Force Sensor)...............................................................................................83P14 Simple Harmonic Motion – Mass on a Spring (Force Sensor, Motion Sensor)...........................89P15 Simple Harmonic Oscillation (Force Sensor, Photogate)..........................................................97P16 Heat versus Temperature (Temperature Sensor)..................................................................105P17 Pressure versus Temperature (Pressure Sensor, Temperature Sensor).................................111P18 Boyle’s Law – Pressure and Volume (Pressure Sensor)........................................................123P19 Work – Energy Theorem: W = ∆E (Force Sensor, Photogate/Pulley System) .........................129P20 Conservation of Mechanical Energy (Force Sensor, Photogate).............................................135P21 Kinetic Friction (Photogate/Pulley System)...........................................................................145P22 Rotational Inertia (Rotary Motion Sensor).............................................................................151P23 Conservation of Angular Momentum (Rotary Motion Sensor).................................................161©1999 PASCO scientific iii