Practical (1 Viewer)

[pzeait]

What type of practicals are open for us to do for an assessment. I have a double period and in a couple of weeks where we complete two practicals but hasn't given us a clue on to what they will be. "From the top of my head I have about 30 I can pick 2 from" is what he said. ANy common pracs outside of the swinging pendulum?

 

[seventhroot]

Projectile motion is common

 

[Menomaths]

There's like only 3 pracs in space i think

1. Pendulum
2. Projectile motion
3. Inertial and non-inertial reference frames

 

[seventhroot]

There's like only 3 pracs in space i think

1. Pendulum
2. Projectile motion
3. Inertial and non-inertial reference frames

And the 3rd is quite difficult to test anyways

 

[Menomaths]

And the 3rd is quite difficult to test anyways

You can just hang a mass from your finger attached to a string and walk at constant speed vs accelerate to observe the difference

 

[seventhroot]

You can just hang a mass from your finger attached to a string and walk at constant speed vs accelerate to observe the difference

I assume they would be doing it in a classroom so there wouldn't be much space for multiple students to be walking around

 

[Amundies]

Hahaha that would look so weird to the passer-by... 25 students walking around with a pendulum-like thing attached to their finger.

Pendulum and projectile motion are way more likely to be assessed though, there's more to discuss and there's more maths to do.

 

[screwuhsc]

There's like only 3 pracs in space i think

1. Pendulum
2. Projectile motion
3. Inertial and non-inertial reference frames

pretty much that^^^

 

[anomalousdecay]

You can also get pracs where you can simulate gravitational attraction using magnets and metal, or how a rocket works in space using a balloon powered small cart as a simulation.

The above two are more qualitative and might ask for a graph or something rather than calculations. So maybe ask your teacher if you are going to get more qualitative or quantitative type experiments. Will definitely help to brush up on your skills in terms of graphs, calculations, etc.

You could also even have momentum collisions if your teacher wanted to really go that far, involving elastic, partially inelastic and completely inelastic collisions of planets.