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Run Skip Walk Rest Lab

The document describes a physics lab experiment where students measured the time it took for runners to travel set distances while running, skipping, resting, and walking. The experiment involved marking distances along a floor with chalk, having students run/move between the marks, and using stopwatches to time each segment. Data was collected for two runners, including their times and motions for sections between 5m, 10m, and 15m. The data is presented and average velocities for each motion and runner are calculated. Questions at the end analyze the data further by having students create graphs and compare the runners' speeds and positions over time.

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Run Skip Walk Rest Lab

The document describes a physics lab experiment where students measured the time it took for runners to travel set distances while running, skipping, resting, and walking. The experiment involved marking distances along a floor with chalk, having students run/move between the marks, and using stopwatches to time each segment. Data was collected for two runners, including their times and motions for sections between 5m, 10m, and 15m. The data is presented and average velocities for each motion and runner are calculated. Questions at the end analyze the data further by having students create graphs and compare the runners' speeds and positions over time.

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DanielReyes

RyanMack
PhysicsCP,Section1
Run,Skip,Walk,Rest
10/1/15
10/13/15

Abstract
ThroughouttheexperimentIhaveconfrontedseveralobstacles,onebeingtryingtogather
accuratedata.Asaresult,wedidtheexperimentseveraltimesuntilweweresatisfiedwithour
results.Forinstance,theprominentreasonforperformingthisexperimentwastograspabetter
interpretationofapositionversustimegraph.Furthermore,aftermanytrialsanderrors,itis
accuratetosaythatfollowingdirectionsisverycrucialbecauseofdoneotherwiseitwillreflectin
theoutcome.

Materials
tapemeasure
chalk
stopwatches

Procedure
Tobeginwith,weusedachalktomarkastartinglineonthefloor,thenwemeasuredina
straightlineandmademarksat5,10,and15mfromthestartingline.Then,withtheaidofa
partnerwewereabletoorganizewhowouldbetherunner,itwascrucialthattherunner
maintainedaconsistentvelocityduringeachsegmentofthetrial.Furthermore,wehadto
choosethreememberstobetemporarytimers,itwasstronglysuggestedthatthereshouldbe
onetimerateachofthe5m,10m,and15mmarks.Theirtaskwastostarttimingwhenthe
runnerbeginsandterminatewhentherunnerhadreachedthefinishline.Therunnerruns,
walks,rests,andskipsataconsistentvelocitybetweenthemarksmadeinthepreviousstep.
Finally,onceastudenthadcompletedhisobjectivethiswholeprocesshadtobereplicatedfora
newrunner.Simultaneouslyduringthecourseoftheexperimentastudenthadtorecordallthe
data.

Data

Runner:RyanMack

InitialPosition:

Changeinposition(m)

Time(s)

Motion

(5)5m

2.01

Run

(10)5m

2.83

Skip

(10)0m

10

Rest

(15)5m

5.3

Walk

Runner:DanielReyes

InitialPosition:

Changeinposition(m)

Time(s)

Motion

(5)5m

2.56

Run

(10)5m

3.29

Skip

(10)0m

10.13

Rest

(15)5m

5.10

Walk

ErrorAnalysis
AfteranelongatedtimeofponderingIhavecometoconcludethattherewereonlyfew
minorerrors.Firstoff,becauseofmyignorancetowardshowcrucialdirectionscanbe
whenneededtobeusedinordertorecordthecorrectsetofdata.Itisaccuratetosay
thatitismoreefficientifeachdataisrecordedrightaway.
Inaddition,theexperimentwentwellexceptforthefactthatthemeasurementsonthe
floorwerenotlabeledcorrectly.Inotherwords,theerrorwasinthehandlingofthe
equipment.

ConclusionandDiscussion
Throughoutmyexperienceinthislab,Ilearnedhowtosuccessfullygraspabetterintellectual
interpretationoftheshapeofapositionincontrasttoatimegraph.Althoughthisexperiment
consistedofrecordingdataitprevailedabiggerpictureintheconceptofrecordingseveral
piecesofinformationandcomparingthemonalinegraph.Now,thecommencementofthelab
beganwiththedistributionofthematerials.Specificallythechalk,tapemeasure,andphones
thatwereutilizedforstopwatches.Then,wehadavolunteerthelabeltheflooraccordinglyto
theinstructions.Subsequently,astudentwasaskedtoskip,run,walk,andresteach
accomplishedinitsownsegment.Thentheinformationwascollectedandcomparedwiththe
resultsofotherstudentsinthegroup.
Althoughthelabwaschallengingandcalledforperseverancethroughtedioustiresomework,
thereisnotafractionofadoubtinmymindthatwoulddismisstheexperienceifgiventhe
opportunity.However,atthesametimethereareseveralimprovementsthatIwouldstrongly
suggest.Forinstance,Ithinkthatthebarforstudentsshouldnothavebeenraisedveryhigh,in
theaspectofusingseveralofmotions.Whereas,theuseofonlytwowouldhavebeenmore
thanenoughtoworkwith.Thiswouldhavealleviatedthestressintheaspectoforganizingall

thedata.Inanutshell,besidestheneedfortweakingthenumberofmotionsinthelab
everythingelsewasseamless.

Questions
1)Drawthepositionversustimegraphforbothrunnersonthesamepieceofgraphpaper,Use
adifferentcolorforeachrunner.
2)Whycanweusestraightlinesonourpositionversustimegraphsforthislab?
3)Whichrunnerhadthelargestaverageskippingspeed?
Runner#1hadthelargestaverageskippingspeed.

4)Withoutdoinganycalculations,doyouthinktherunnerseverhadthesamespeed(not
necessarilyatthesametime)?Ifso,when?Whatmakesyouthinkso?
No,Idonttherunnersdidnthavethesamespeedbecausetheirtimesweredifferent.

5)Determinetheaveragevelocityforallmotionsandfillinthechart.Whatmethoddidyouuse?

Runner:1

Motion(Runskip,rest,orwalk)

Averagevelocity(m/s)

Motion1:Run

2.5m/s

Motion2:Skip

1.8m/s

Motion3:Rest

0m/s

Motion4:Walk

1m/s

Averagevelocityforentiretrial:

1.3m/s

Runner:2

Motion(Runskip,rest,orwalk)

Averagevelocity(m/s)

Motion1:Run

2m/s

Motion2:Skip

1.5m/s

Motion3:Rest

0m/s

Motion4:Walk

1m/s

Averagevelocityforentiretrial:

1.1m/s

6)Produceavelocityversustimegraphforbothrunnersonthesamegraph.
7)Considerthefollowinghypotheticallabdatafortworunnerswhostartatthesametime.

Runner#2InitialPosition:10m

Motion

Position(m)

Times(s)

Rest

10

Skip

12.3

Run

+5

14.5

Walk

17.5

a.
b.
c.
d.

Produceapositionversustimegraphforbothrunnersonthesamegraph.
Dotherunnerseverhavethesamevelocityatthesametime?Howcanyoutell?
Atwhattime(s)aretherunnersatthesameplaceatthesametime?
Whichisthefasterrunner?Amongbothtables,thefastestrunneraccordingtothedata
isRyan.

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