

There are unique problems associated with each type NOTES ON DISTANCE AND TIME MEASUREMENT Measuring distance and time require different skills as The time required for the ball to roll a certain distance down the ramp. The height from which the ball is released on the ramp. The steepness of the incline which is measured by the ratio of height to length The distance along the ramp which the balls rolls. Was the idea of holding one or more variable constant while noting the effect whenĪnother variable is changed. One of Galileo's contributions to the experimental method He also discovered that the speed of a falling object depends only on the heightįrom which it falls. Traveled is directly proportional to the square of the time. He deduced that an object which is uniformly accelerated will travel a greaterĭistance in each successive time interval such that the distance Galileo performed many more trials than you will, but did not have the sophisticated This experiment is designed to reproduce a portion of Galileo's experiments. Similarly to objects in freefall so that he could understand freefall by studying His reasoning suggested that objects rolling down a ramp behaved Galileo designed experiments to study accelerated motion using More accurate than Galileo's water clock. Although you will be using an electronic stopwatch, it is not much To draw a "best fit" or regression line of experimentalĭata.You will discover that reaching conclusions about motion is not as easy as it Will test three hypotheses relating to motion on an incline. To reproduce Galileo's results using the inclined plane. INTRODUCTION In this experiment you will attempt
