Showing 44 experiments that use the PASPORT Motion Sensor.

High School / Physics

Work and Energy

In this lab, students will use motion and force sensors to develop an understanding of the work-energy theorem that relates the work done on an object...

High School / Physics

Simple Harmonic Motion

In this lab, students will use force and motion sensors to determine the spring constant. Students will measure the spring extension created by three different...

High School / Physics

Pendulum

In this lab, students will use motion sensors to determine how the mass and length of a simple pendulum affect its period of oscillation.

Advanced Placement / Physics

Graphing Motion

In this lab, students use a motion sensor to measure the position and velocity of a cart on a track to determine the relationship between position, velocity,...

Advanced Placement / Physics

Newton's Second Law

In this lab, students use a motion sensor to determine the relationship between a system’s mass, acceleration, and the net force being applied to the...

Advanced Placement / Physics

Coefficients Of Friction

In this lab, students use a motion sensor and a force sensor to determine the static and kinetic friction coefficients between two contacting surfaces.

Advanced Placement / Physics

Conservation Of Momentum

In this lab, students use a motion sensor and a dynamics system to demonstrate that linear momentum and kinetic energy are conserved in an elastic collision,...

Advanced Placement / Physics

Momentum And Impulse

In this lab, students use a motion sensor, force sensor, and dynamics system to investigate the relationship between the change in momentum of a cart undergoing...

Advanced Placement / Physics

Periodic Motion: Mass And Spring

In this lab, students will use a motion sensor to determine the physical properties that affect the period of oscillation of a hanging mass and spring...

College / Physics

Intro to Measurement

In this lab, students will measure the period of a simple pendulum and use scientific methods to determine the relationships between the period of a pendulum...

Copyright Disclaimer: Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 makes allowance for “fair use” for purposes of teaching, scholarship, education and research. Reproduction under any other circumstances, without the written consent of PASCO, is prohibited.