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    U3 Exp 2 Determining G by Video Analysis

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    This experiment uses video analysis software to determine the rate of acceleration due to gravity (g) near the Earth's surface. A ball is dropped and its motion is recorded on video and analyzed frame by frame to plot its position over time. From the line of best fit on the resulting graph of position vs. time, the experimental value of g is calculated and compared to the accepted value of 9.81 m/s2. Sources of experimental error like air resistance and video quality are also discussed.

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    This experiment uses video analysis software to determine the rate of acceleration due to gravity (g) near the Earth's surface. A ball is dropped and its motion is recorded on video and analyzed frame by frame to plot its position over time. From the line of best fit on the resulting graph of position vs. time, the experimental value of g is calculated and compared to the accepted value of 9.81 m/s2. Sources of experimental error like air resistance and video quality are also discussed.

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    This experiment uses video analysis software to determine the rate of acceleration due to gravity (g) near the Earth's surface. A ball is dropped and its motion is recorded on video and analyzed frame by frame to plot its position over time. From the line of best fit on the resulting graph of position vs. time, the experimental value of g is calculated and compared to the accepted value of 9.81 m/s2. Sources of experimental error like air resistance and video quality are also discussed.

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    This experiment uses video analysis software to determine the rate of acceleration due to gravity (g) near the Earth's surface. A ball is dropped and its motion is recorded on video and analyzed frame by frame to plot its position over time. From the line of best fit on the resulting graph of position vs. time, the experimental value of g is calculated and compared to the accepted value of 9.81 m/s2. Sources of experimental error like air resistance and video quality are also discussed.

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    Topic 3 Experiment - Determining ‘g’ by Video Analysis

    Research Question:
    What is the rate of acceleration due to gravitational force (‘g’) near the surface of the Earth?

    Materials Needed:
    • Coloured rubber ball
    • Laptop with LoggerPro software and video capture capabilities
    • Meter rule

    Procedure:
    1. Turn on and log into your laptop. Open the LoggerPro software program .
    2. Click on “Insert” in the top bar and select “Video Capture.”
    3. Position the meter rule vertically (there is one attached to wall in the lab) so that all of the meter rule
    is visible in the screen.
    4. Position the ball just above the top of meter rule, press “Start Capture” and drop the ball. When the
    ball passes below the bottom of the metre rule, press “Stop Capture” and click the red circle in the top
    left of the video capture screen to close the window.
    5. Your video appears in the LoggerPro window with the graph and table. Press play on your video to
    ensure that the full meter rule and where you initially dropped the ball are both in view. If they are
    not, retake the video by following steps 2-5.
    6. In the bottom right corner of your video, click the button with 3 red dots and a triangle. Select the icon
    that looks like a ruler. Click and hold at one end of your meter stick and drag the line along the meter
    stick to the other end. A dialogue box will open asking you to set this equal to a unit of measure. Set it
    equal to “1 m” and click “Ok.”
    7. Play your video until you are almost ready to drop the ball, then press stop. Move the video along
    frame by frame until you see the ball being let go. If necessary, back up to the point just before the ball
    is let go.
    8. From the tool bar to the right of the video, click on the red and green dots with lines and select “Point
    Series X:Y” then go to your video and click where the ball is. The video will automatically advance
    frame by frame. Continue to click where the ball is until the ball hits the ground.
    9. When you are finished, select the graph window from behind the video and click on the y-axis title to
    change it to “Y Velocity.” Put a line of best fit on the graph and copy/paste the graph with line of best
    fit into the space on the next page.
    Data Processing:

    [Graph goes here – delete this]

    𝑚
    |𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 − 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙| | −9.81 2 |
    % 𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 = × 100% = 𝑠 × 100% =
    𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑚
    9.81 2
    𝑠

    Conclusion:
    ✓ Summarise the experiment (What did you do? What did you observe?)
    ✓ State the answer to your research question i.e. what is the experimental value you determined for ‘g’.
    ✓ Support your claim with evidence (perhaps the equation of your line might help here)
    ✓ Discuss what the equation of your line means.

    Evaluation:
    ✓ Discuss possible errors like air resistance, video quality, lack of trials etc. and how they could have
    affected your data.
    ✓ Suggest realistic improvements related to the errors.

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