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Siena College - General Physics 110 Having a “Ball” with Uncertainties Lab NAME: Emily Brooks GROUP MEMBERS: Sylvia, Lisa, AG, Kamini Learning Goals 1. In this lab, you will engage with the ideas of (1) uncertainties in measurements and experiments and (2) data analysis. Equipment: Video of experiment (see link below), a stopwatch and/or timer app. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iuXgpFPnX0 Watch the video of two people (Professor Finn’s children, Caitlin and James) tossing a ball back and forth. Measure the time it takes for the ball to travel from one person to the other and record these times, keeping track of which person is throwing. That is, make one list of times for when Caitlin is throwing the ball, and a separate list of times for when James is throwing the ball. You may use a stopwatch/timer app on your phone to measure the time. Record these times. Your instructors will share a Google Sheet with the class so that everyone can enter their data on their own: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ 1w5NAfE0wE5oXMcoW907Y3yQ7AOil1j2erRAEsoV6kZ0/edit?usp=sharing Your instructors will use the spreadsheet to calculate: The average time and standard deviation for the times recorded for each throw. The average time and standard deviation for the times recorded by each person. Purpose & Procedures Briefly summarize, in your own words, the objective(s) of your experiments. Describe your experimental procedures in enough detail that another group could recreate your experiments exactly -- not just do experiments similar to yours. In your detailed procedures, specify precisely how others will know when you started/stopped the time measuring device. In this experiment, our goal was to assess the duration it takes for each individual person to throw a ball. We will do this by measuring the average time in air and standard deviation of each throw. 1
Siena College - General Physics 110 Having a “Ball” with Uncertainties Lab To start, we will watch the youtube video featuring Caitlin and James throwing a ball repetitively. Our objective is to track the time that it takes for Caitlin and James to throw each ball respectively. We will use a stopwatch to measure the time of each throw, which will then be compiled int a class spreadsheet. One for Caitlin and one for James. After the entire class fills out the spreadsheet, the professor will calculate the standard deviation anf the mean of the class’s data which will then be presented in tables. Scientific Ability Missing Inadequate Needs Improvement Adequate B1 Is able to identify the phenomenon to be investigated No phenomenon is mentioned. The description of the phenomenon to be investigated is confusing, or it is not the phenomena of interest. The description of the phenomenon is vague or incomplete. The phenomenon to be investigated is clearly stated. B2 Is able to design a reliable experiment that investigates the phenomenon The experiment does not investigate the phenomenon. The experiment may not yield any interesting patterns. Some important aspects of the phenomenon will not be observable. The experiment might yield interesting patterns relevant to the investigation of the phenomenon. Data Tables Record all of the data that only you collected in your experiments in neat, easy to understand tables with units included . Take into consideration the number of trials that your group thinks should be run. Scientific Ability Missing Inadequate Needs Improvement Adequate G4 Is able to record and represent data in a meaningful way Data are either absent or incomprehensible. Some important data are absent or incomprehensible. All important data are present, but recorded in a way that requires some effort to comprehend. All important data are present, organized, and recorded clearly. 2
Siena College - General Physics 110 Having a “Ball” with Uncertainties Lab For this experiment, around three tests total would be appropriate. Performing more measurements/tests will increase the accuracy and validate that there is consistency within each throw between James and Caitlin throwing the ball. Graphical Representations Include a graph which represents the data from the class as a whole . Your instructor will generate graphs that summarize the data for the class as a whole. Discuss these graphs with your lab partners or with the other students at your table. Are they all measuring the same thing? Scientific Ability Missing Inadequate Needs Improvement Adequate A11 Graph No graph is present. A graph is present, but the axes are not labeled. There is no scale on the axes. The data points are incorrectly connected to each other instead of using an appropriate trendline. The graph is present and the axes are labeled, but the axes do not correspond to the independent and dependent variable OR the scale is not accurate. The data points are not connected to each other, but there is no trendline either. The graph has correctly labeled axes, the independent variable is along the horizontal axis and the scale is accurate. The trendline is correct. Figure 1. Caitlin and Jame’s Time measurements (raw data) and the calculated mean and standard deviation. James Graphs 3
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