DanielReyes

RyanMack
PhysicsCP,Section1
Run,Skip,Walk,Rest
10/1/15
10/13/15

Abstract
ThroughouttheexperimentIhaveconfrontedseveralobstacles,onebeingtryingtogather
accuratedata.Asaresult,wedidtheexperimentseveraltimesuntilweweresatisfiedwithour
results.Forinstance,theprominentreasonforperformingthisexperimentwastograspabetter
interpretationofapositionversustimegraph.Furthermore,aftermanytrialsanderrors,itis
accuratetosaythatfollowingdirectionsisverycrucialbecauseofdoneotherwiseitwillreflectin
theoutcome.

Materials
tapemeasure
chalk
stopwatches

Procedure
Tobeginwith,weusedachalktomarkastartinglineonthefloor,thenwemeasuredina
straightlineandmademarksat5,10,and15mfromthestartingline.Then,withtheaidofa
partnerwewereabletoorganizewhowouldbetherunner,itwascrucialthattherunner
maintainedaconsistentvelocityduringeachsegmentofthetrial.Furthermore,wehadto
choosethreememberstobetemporarytimers,itwasstronglysuggestedthatthereshouldbe
onetimerateachofthe5m,10m,and15mmarks.Theirtaskwastostarttimingwhenthe
runnerbeginsandterminatewhentherunnerhadreachedthefinishline.Therunnerruns,
walks,rests,andskipsataconsistentvelocitybetweenthemarksmadeinthepreviousstep.
Finally,onceastudenthadcompletedhisobjectivethiswholeprocesshadtobereplicatedfora
newrunner.Simultaneouslyduringthecourseoftheexperimentastudenthadtorecordallthe
data.

Data

Runner:RyanMack

InitialPosition:

Changeinposition(m)

Time(s)

Motion

(5)5m

2.01

Run

(10)5m

2.83

Skip

(10)0m

10

Rest

(15)5m

5.3

Walk

Runner:DanielReyes

InitialPosition:

Changeinposition(m)

Time(s)

Motion

(5)5m

2.56

Run

(10)5m

3.29

Skip

(10)0m

10.13

Rest

(15)5m

5.10

Walk

ErrorAnalysis
AfteranelongatedtimeofponderingIhavecometoconcludethattherewereonlyfew
minorerrors.Firstoff,becauseofmyignorancetowardshowcrucialdirectionscanbe
whenneededtobeusedinordertorecordthecorrectsetofdata.Itisaccuratetosay
thatitismoreefficientifeachdataisrecordedrightaway.
Inaddition,theexperimentwentwellexceptforthefactthatthemeasurementsonthe
floorwerenotlabeledcorrectly.Inotherwords,theerrorwasinthehandlingofthe
equipment.

ConclusionandDiscussion
Throughoutmyexperienceinthislab,Ilearnedhowtosuccessfullygraspabetterintellectual
interpretationoftheshapeofapositionincontrasttoatimegraph.Althoughthisexperiment
consistedofrecordingdataitprevailedabiggerpictureintheconceptofrecordingseveral
piecesofinformationandcomparingthemonalinegraph.Now,thecommencementofthelab
beganwiththedistributionofthematerials.Specificallythechalk,tapemeasure,andphones
thatwereutilizedforstopwatches.Then,wehadavolunteerthelabeltheflooraccordinglyto
theinstructions.Subsequently,astudentwasaskedtoskip,run,walk,andresteach
accomplishedinitsownsegment.Thentheinformationwascollectedandcomparedwiththe
resultsofotherstudentsinthegroup.
Althoughthelabwaschallengingandcalledforperseverancethroughtedioustiresomework,
thereisnotafractionofadoubtinmymindthatwoulddismisstheexperienceifgiventhe
opportunity.However,atthesametimethereareseveralimprovementsthatIwouldstrongly
suggest.Forinstance,Ithinkthatthebarforstudentsshouldnothavebeenraisedveryhigh,in
theaspectofusingseveralofmotions.Whereas,theuseofonlytwowouldhavebeenmore
thanenoughtoworkwith.Thiswouldhavealleviatedthestressintheaspectoforganizingall

thedata.Inanutshell,besidestheneedfortweakingthenumberofmotionsinthelab
everythingelsewasseamless.

Questions
1)Drawthepositionversustimegraphforbothrunnersonthesamepieceofgraphpaper,Use
adifferentcolorforeachrunner.
2)Whycanweusestraightlinesonourpositionversustimegraphsforthislab?
3)Whichrunnerhadthelargestaverageskippingspeed?
Runner#1hadthelargestaverageskippingspeed.

4)Withoutdoinganycalculations,doyouthinktherunnerseverhadthesamespeed(not
necessarilyatthesametime)?Ifso,when?Whatmakesyouthinkso?
No,Idonttherunnersdidnthavethesamespeedbecausetheirtimesweredifferent.

5)Determinetheaveragevelocityforallmotionsandfillinthechart.Whatmethoddidyouuse?

Runner:1

Motion(Runskip,rest,orwalk)

Averagevelocity(m/s)

Motion1:Run

2.5m/s

Motion2:Skip

1.8m/s

Motion3:Rest

0m/s

Motion4:Walk

1m/s

Averagevelocityforentiretrial:

1.3m/s

Runner:2

Motion(Runskip,rest,orwalk)

Averagevelocity(m/s)

Motion1:Run

2m/s

Motion2:Skip

1.5m/s

Motion3:Rest

0m/s

Motion4:Walk

1m/s

Averagevelocityforentiretrial:

1.1m/s

6)Produceavelocityversustimegraphforbothrunnersonthesamegraph.
7)Considerthefollowinghypotheticallabdatafortworunnerswhostartatthesametime.

Runner#2InitialPosition:10m

Motion

Position(m)

Times(s)

Rest

10

Skip

12.3

Run

+5

14.5

Walk

17.5

a.
b.
c.
d.

Produceapositionversustimegraphforbothrunnersonthesamegraph.
Dotherunnerseverhavethesamevelocityatthesametime?Howcanyoutell?
Atwhattime(s)aretherunnersatthesameplaceatthesametime?
Whichisthefasterrunner?Amongbothtables,thefastestrunneraccordingtothedata
isRyan.