Physics Blogger

Our new topic in Physics is acceleration (speeding up or slowing down). With the motion sensor, the class was able to see what position, velocity and acceleration graphs look like in certain situations. 1. When an object accelerates (speeds up) forward from the reference point. 2. When an object accelerates (slows down) backward towards the reference point. 3. When an object accelerates (slows down) forward from the reference point. 4. When an object accelerates (speeds up) backward towards the reference point. The Situations: Velocity           Acceleration 1.   +                       +                    Speeding up forward 2.   -                       +                    Slowing down backward 3.   +                       -                    Slowing down forward 4.   -                       +                    Speeding up backward Example Data: 1. 2. 3.   4. Continue: If we were to continue the velocity graphs in situation 2 and 3, it wou