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Falling Object

Project 8

Your objective is to create a two page report on computer disc to be turned in at the completion of the chapter.

The first page of the report you should:

use the video to make a table of heights of the object verses the time interval in slow motion.

plot the data in the table on a scatter plot.

use your calculator's quadratic regression feature to find the formula of gravity.

repeat the above steps two more times. You will then have three trials of the experiment.

* As usual, creativity will increase your score.

The second page should consist of a report of the steps you went through to obtain your information. How do the different trials of the experiment compare? Would it be appropriate to fit a line over the data you graphed? If not, explain why. If a line were required, what would its equation be? (pick one trial of the experiment) How does its fit compare to the quadratic curve?

Note any difficulties you may have encountered and where errors may have occurred.

Please be sure to use good sentence structure and spelling in this report. Include a title, introduction, and conclusion.

This project will be assessed using the following checklist:

Falling Object

Project 8

Appropriate title, introduction, and conclusion. 0 1 2 3 4

Correct sentence structure and punctuation. 0 1 2 3 4

Proper calculations and explanations. 0 1 2 3 4

Appropriate graphs and labels. 0 1 2 3 4

Meet deadline. 0 1 2 3 4

Final grade /20

Appropriate title, introduction, and conclusion.	0 1 2 3 4
Correct sentence structure and punctuation.	0 1 2 3 4
Proper calculations and explanations.	0 1 2 3 4
Appropriate graphs and labels.	0 1 2 3 4
Meet deadline.	0 1 2 3 4