Name: ___________________________________________________ Date: _______________________

ACCELERATION IN INCLINED PLANE

OBJECTIVE:
1. To measure the acceleration of a cart/toy car rolling down in an inclined plane.

THEORETICAL BAACKGROUND:
An object in motion is said to be accelerated when its velocity increases in magnitude. If an object rolling
down an inclined plane will be accelerated due to the influence of gravity. IN this case, the force of gravity may be resolved
into two components: one component acting parallel to the plane pulls the object to exert a force on the plane. As the
plane gets steeper, the component that pulls the object down the plane becomes greater, resulting in greater acceleration.

PROCEDURE:
1. Set your incline plane
2. Let one member roll the object from the top end of the plane, while another records the time it takes
the ball reach the o.25 m mark. Repeat the procedure but take the time for the cart to reach the 0.
50 m mark, then 0.75m mark and 1.0 m. Make 3 trials for each distance, then take the average speed.

Table 1.
Distance Time of Travel (sec) Average
(m) Trial - 1 Trial - 2 Trial -3 Time (sec)
0
0.25 m
0.50 m
0.75 m
1.0 m

Table 2.

Distance Average Time (sec) (time)2 (sec)2 Acceleration

Plot d vs. t2

Describe the time in relation to the distance

OBJECTIVE:
1. Describe the vertical motion of an objective
2. Predict the factors affecting free fall motion and manifest accuracy and precision in gathering data.

THEORETICAL BACKGROUND:
What happens when you toss a ball up in the air? Or when an object is dropped? These are both examples
of freely falling objects – a special case uniformly accelerated motion in one dimension. The acceleration of a freely falling
object is called the acceleration due to gravity, and its magnitude is denoted by the symbol g. The surface of the Earth g
has a value of 9.8 m/s2. The acceleration is always directed down toward the center of the Earth.

PROCEDURE:
1. Dropped the ball from the height of 1.5 m, 1. 25m, 2.0 m.
2. Record the time until the ball reach the ground.
3. Calculate the final velocity of the ball

Experimental
Velocity Time
Trials Value of g
(m/s) (s)
(m/s2)

Average

Prove that the acceleration due to gravity is constant (9.8 m/s2) downward toward the center of the Earth
 Name: ___________________________________________________ Date: _______________________
Projectile

Objective:
1. To compute the horizontal velocity, range and vertical distance of the projectile launched at an angle.
2. To compute and measure the vertical distance and range of horizontally launched projectile
3. To illustrate and interpret the projectile motion using graph.

THEORETICAL BACKGROUND:
A projectile is launched at an angle to the horizontal and rises upward to a peak while moving horizontally. Upon
reaching the peak, the projectile falls with a motion that is symmetrical to its path upwards to the peak. Predictable
unknowns include the time of flight, the horizontal range and the height of the projectile.

A projectile is launched with an initial horizontal velocity from an elevated position and follows a parabolic path
to the ground. Predictable unknowns include the initial speed of the projectile, the initial height of the projectile, the time
of flight and horizontal distance of the projectile.

CAUTION: DO NOT LOAD THE LAUNCHER WHILE YOUR HEAD OR BODY IS IN THE LINE OF FIRE.
DO NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO GET HIT BY THE BALL.
WEAR YOUR EYE GOGGLES
Procedure
1. Set up your projectile launcher. Set with the given angle
2. Practice launching the ball, determine the range of the ball.
3. Place the carbon paper under the manila paper.
4. Fire the fall (4X)
5. Measure the first landing, second, third and fourth from the starting point using tape measure.
6. Set the new given angle.
7. Repeat number 2 -5 procedures.
8. Compute the maximum height
9. Verify the range, initial and final velocity and time of flight using mathematical formulas.

ACTIVIY TABLE 1
Trial Angle Range Height V (m/s) Time of flight (s)
1
2
3
4
Trial Angle Range Height V (m/s) Time of flight
1
2
3
4

PROCEDURE:
1. Set the launcher horizontally on the top of the table
2. Fire the ball to determine the possible landing
3. Place the carbon paper under the manila paper.
4. Fire the ball horizontally (4X)
5. Measure the range using tape measure.
6. Verify the range, velocity, time of flight using mathematical formulas
7. Find the errors in the activity
Trial Range V (m/s) Time of flight Height
1
2
3
4