What is the acceleration of your zip line?

Last week, you began working with a prototype zip line. The information from Zippy Fun was as follows:

"test our zip line that can be scaled down to a vertical drop of 0.4 m over 6 m"

You built zip lines in class and many of you developed an average velocity. However, Zippy Fun was curious why there was so much variation in your data. They would like to see a bit more data in an organized format. Also, please include:

• velocity at each meter
• the acceleration in each meter

To show off your work, please use a whiteboard. It is important that Zippy Fun can see data in an organized way and understand your set-up. What did you do to collect data?

Support reading: Motion & Forces (p. 25-31)

Upcoming Classes

• Thursday 1/31: Trip to the Library - have a great time!
• Monday 1/4: Write up of Zip Line data. More information coming but you will need to produce a position vs time graph, speed vs time graph, provide speed and accelerations...