The Frisbee Toss Laboratory

Purpose:To determine the speed, velocity, and acceleration of a Frisbee by measuring the appropriate variables.

Materials:

• 1-3 frisbees
• a stopwatch
• a helper
• a measuring tape
• a calculator

Pre-Lab:

For each of the variables given complete the following chart.

VARIABLE	FORMULA	UNITS
Speed	Distance/time	m/s
Velocity	Distance/time	m/s
Acceleration	(final velocity-initial velocity)/time	m/s^2

Procedure:

1. Throw your Frisbee(s) three times. Your partner will time how long the Frisbee is in the air.
2. After throwing the Frisbee use the measuring tape to measure how far the Frisbee went.If your measuring tape measures in feet, multiply that number by 0.305 in order to find the number of meters.

TOSS	DISTANCE(m)	TIME(s)
1	3.1	1.0
2	4.2	1.4
3	5.0	1.4

Post Lab Questions

1. Using the collected data, calculate the speed (m/s), velocity (m/s), and acceleration (m/s²), for each Frisbee throw.
2. For full credit:SHOW THE EQUATION USED AND ALL WORK FOR EACH CALCULATION!
3. Place all answers in the data table below. DON'T FORGET UNITS!

Data Table 3

TOSS	SPEED	VELOCITY	ACCELERATION
1
2
3

1. How are your velocity and speed values different? How are they similar?