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Collision Lab write-up notes:

HYPOTHESIS:
-Position: BE CLEAR, ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT IS BEING ASKED OF YOU!
-Reasoning for your position: (tell how you are going to test this problem &
materials used)
*How did height effect force and slide distance?
*How did mass effect force and slide distance?
*What will theoretically make your car move the block farther down the
track?
DATA:
Does it make sense?

Is your data labeled properly?

Are there pieces of data that just dont fit? Why?


ALL DISTANCE MEASUREMENTS SHOULD BE IN METERS, not CENTIMETERS!
ALL MASS MEASUREMENTS SHOULD BE IN KILOGRAMS, not GRAMS!
-Do you have the proper mass? *32g = .032kg

*65g = .065 kg

GRAPHS: (graph the AVERAGE data from .3M, .6M and .9M)
PE vs. F (.3M, .6M & .9M)
PE vs. V (.3M, .6M & .9M)
Force of Control Mass Car vs. Experimental (extra mass) from .6M

CONCLUSION:
This is worth 80 points. This should take you at least 30
minutes to write it properly.
Strong opening statement, refer to the hypothesis. Were you correct or incorrect?
-USE REAL DATA, not just words like slower or faster
*PE vs. V and WHAT IT MEANS! (AVERAGES ONLY)
*PE vs. F and WHAT IT MEANS! (AVERAGES ONLY)
*PE vs. Slide Distance and WHAT IT MEANS! (AVERAGES ONLY)
-How does your ramp height affect the Force, V, A and Slide distance?
-How does your car mass height affect the Force, V, A and Slide distance?
Any examples of human error?
HOW TO IMPROVE? There is always something you could have done better.

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