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Physics 103 Set Up Instructions:
Motion With Constant Acceleration
(Vernier Hardware)

Lab Directions
BlackBoard Notes

Basic Idea:

Number of setups: Equipment Needed (each setup):

  What: How Many: Where:
Vernier Dynamics Tracks
(see Vernier hardware photos below!)
1 non-Majors storeroom, on top of the shelves
Vernier Cart without plungers 1 non-Majors storeroom, shelf E5
Vernier Cart mass (rectangular) - 500 g
Only need 4 mass blocks at most!
1
for ½ the tracks; see Notes
non-Majors storeroom, shelf E5
Vernier Screw and wingnut
(attaches mass to cart)
1
for each cart mass
non-Majors storeroom, shelf E5
Vernier Cart Picket Fence
(used as cart flag)
1 non-Majors storeroom, shelf E5
Vernier Track Bumper 1 non-Majors storeroom, shelf E5
Soft foam padding
(cushions track bumper)
1 non-Majors storeroom, shelf E5
Pasco Photogate bracket (not the Vernier bracket!)
(attaches photogate head to track!)
1 non-Majors storeroom, shelf F4
Pasco short photogate mounting screw
(attaches photogate head to bracket! See photo below)
1 non-Majors storeroom, shelf BB4
(in small plastic bag in box with accessory photogates)
Pasco Photogate timer and power brick
3rd generation ONLY! Preferred over 4th/5th/6th generation photogates!! See Notes.
1 non-Majors storeroom, shelf BB4 or 151 Lab
Knife edge clamp 1 non-Majors storeroom, shelf C2
0.5-m Meterstick 1 non-Majors Storeroom, shelf AA4
30 m measuring tape 1 non-Majors storeroom, shelf AA4
The following may already be in the lab
if this experiment follows the Free Fall experiement
Small bench clamp
Black clamps only; the gray ones don't hold tight!
1 non-Majors storeroom, shelf C4
Short Steel Rod (10 mm x 25 cm) 1 non-Majors storeroom, shelf A3
The Following is Used for an Instructor Demo
Old wood inclined plane 1 non-Majors storeroom, shelf R1

Notes:

Clamp - Yes! Clamp - No!

 

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