Capstone Motion Projects:

Your next task will be to create and print out some position vs$.$ time graphs that satisfy a set of conditions. For each plot, make some calculations based on the data you collect $($see project details below$).$

You may find the "coordinates tool": $ useful for these projects. Click on it and try it out!

You may discuss with the people at your table how these projects can be accomplished, but each student must create his or her own graph and do their own calculations.

Give each of your three graphs a unique title. Before printing, choose "landscape" under print setup, so that it prints out big and legible. Show all your calculations; you can write them directly on the graph, or on a separate piece of paper, as long as they are neat and the connection to the data on the graphs can be clearly understood by a reader.

Project #I:

Create a graph of motion in which:

The target is at rest for approximately $5$ seconds

Then, the target moves away from the sensor at a steady speed for approximately $5$ seconds

Then, the target is at rest for approximately $5$ more seconds.

Add four coordinate tools to the graph

Write your name and project #$1$ at lower left bottom of the page where it says "Graph title here" and print out the graph $($use "Landscape" format$).$

On the print out, compute:

$($a$)$ The average speed of the target during the entire $($approximately$)15$ seconds.

$($b$)$ The average speed of the target during the time it was moving $($the middle $5$ seconds$).$