Reflection 3: Ziplock Zoomer
Our most recent investigation was the perfect example of classical mechanics and how it works. We know that the force of an object is equal to mass x acceleration, which in this case the acceleration would be equal to gravity. Knowing this, Newton's second law of motion, we can predict that there will be some sort of linear relationship in everything we interact with on a daily basis, when we measure force of course. In the aforementioned investigation that was cleverly named "Ziplock Zoomer", we tested the relationship of force and mass using quarters, a ziplock back, paper clip, and IOLab. We recorded our data in logger pro and created two graph based on our information. So how did this all go down? Well, we hooked up our IOLab and prepped it by calibrating it, then we used a paper clip to hang a ziplock back from the IOLab and used the ziplock bag to hold the quarters we were using in this experiment. We recorded our results qua...