This week we were learning about the motion of a freefalling object. This invovled knowing how much gravity affected the velocity of the object. We also studied the motion of an object that is shot into the air and when it comes back down. We had to write an equation that involved knowing the velocity, how much time it took to shoot up and come down, and the initial and final position.
This week, to demonstrate free falling objects, we took an air powered rocket outside and we shot it up into the air while timing it. Since it was a clear day with not alot of wind, the rockets usually would stay pretty close to where they were launched. We gathered all of this data and then went back inside to plug it all into an equation.
The equation was to find the velocity of the rocket on it's way up and down. You would adjust the equation to find the velocity either on its way up or down. To adjust it, we would switch the initial and final positions numbers and the time it took to reach the top of its arc or hit the ground.
We also had a reassesment this week. I'm not sure how I did because there is still things that I don't fully get and know how to apply. I'm still not sure about how to really do the graphs like acceleration and velocity graphs and how they correlate with each other.
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