Rubric for this assignment

1. Click here to open an IWP problem.  Read and carry out the instructions in the Description window. Then close the Animator and return to this page for the next problem.

2. Click here to open another IWP problem.  Once again, read and carry out the instructions in the Description window with this modification: Take readings every half second.

Now that you have position and velocity data, draw graphs of position vs. time, velocity vs. time, and acceleration vs. time.  For an example, click here to see graphs for the first problem.  Note how the graphs are drawn one below the other on the same time scale.  Each scale is numbered and labeled with the quantity plotted and its units. You're expected to use the same format. As you draw graphs, take time to reflect on what you're seeing. Examine the shape of the position vs. time graph and ask yourself what it's telling you. For example, is there a slope at t = 0? If so, there's a non-zero velocity at this time. After t = 0, does the slope increase, decrease, or stay the same? That would translate into increasing, decreasing, or constant velocity. Are there any points of 0 slope? If so, the velocity is 0 at these points.

In case you're wondering how to obtain the acceleration vs. time graph, just remember that the acceleration at a point in time is the slope of the velocity vs. time graph at that time.

If you need graph paper, here's the download link.

Submitting your work: Upload your solution to Problem 2 to BrainHoney by the due date. Do not submit Problem 1.