Continuation

Last Monday all we did was to continue (again) our projectile motion experiment. Though we already prepared the setup, did the experiment, and recorded data from the past 2 meetings, only now were we given the experiment guides containing the materials and goals of the experiment. Fortunately, all the data we’ve gathered were relevant in…

Pendulum!

Our topic for two Mondays now is simple harmonic motion, which is manifested in the motion of a pendulum and a stretched spring. Like the previous experiments, the steps were not mentioned, only the topic, the materials and the idea to be proven was said. But during this time, the materials that we’re supposed to…

Balancing

The concept of torque is best seen on things we usually do, like opening a door, lifting dumbbells and even on playing a yo yo. In all of these things, we are all aware that they can be done the easiest if we put our force far from the point of the rotation of the…

Projectile Mowshen

The second contraption we used in our Physics 101.1 class is the projectile launcher. Like what its name says, it is a device used to launch a metal ball into the air by a pulling a metal bar and releasing it (spring compression). Our main task is design an experiment to prove that the motion…

LabQuest!

In our last Physics 101.1 session, we were introduced to a new device called LabQuest. It was the first time I have encountered the apparatus but to my surprise, it was not that hard to use it. After a couple of changes in its settings and a attaching the sensor to it, we’re all set…

Type.. Tabulate.. Edit.. Enter formula… Graph.. Tenen!

The first and last time I used any spreadsheet program was way back my grade school years, and that was only a brief introduction of what the program was about. And if I remember it correctly, we (the class) were only asked to make a schedule of our daily activities in that computer education class…

Patiencezzzz..

A scientific idea cannot stand alone in this modern world. It would never be complete without its application – no matter how miniscule it would seem at first. I guess that is the reason why last meeting we did a simple (at first) experiment illustrating how measurements in real life happen and how significant figures…

Precisely!

The second topic in our Physics 101.1 was, similar to the first, about the basics of the science physics itself – measurements. The topic, besides dealing with computations and formulas used to verify the acceptability of a certain computed value, tackled with the misconceptions of people about the common terms we sue to describe measured…

Significant is significant!

The first time I encountered the term “Significant Figures” was in my grade four year. Back then, it was just a part of the introduction of the lesson about the SI units (International System of Units) and the conversion of a given measurement to another. It never seemed so important as it is now –…