Workshop 1C: 1-D kinematics under constant accleration

• A trip to Buffalo -- easy version
• A trip to Buffalo -- not-so-easy version
• Using calculus to derive the kinematic equations

Today, we practice doing problems which involve motion in a single direction. Some of them can be complicated ... but as long as you take your time, they aren't too hard.

• Didn't eat his wheaties
• Origin of Accordian Man
• A trip to Buffalo -- the solution
• More 1-D problems

Put your experimental, statistical, and kinematic skills to the test:

• measure acceleration of a rolling cart
• how should we write the answer? Significant figures

If we have time, we'll use kinematics to measure the height of floors in the COS atrium.

• The atrium experiment
  • Some typical results

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