PIRA 3A40.51

Connect a Pasco Dynamics Cart to a fixed support on the Dynamics Track with a spring.  Set the track at an incline with a motion detector clamped to the bottom as shown above.  The motion detector allows simultaneous, real-time measurements of position, velocity, and acceleration as functions of time.  This requires the Pasco 6500 Interface, and a computer with Pasco Science Workshop software.   Project real-time position, velocity, and acceleration graphs, as shown below, onto a screen with an LCD projector connected to the computer.  The mass of the dynamics cart can be doubled or tripled by adding the Pasco Dynamics Cart Weights.