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Showing 46 experiments that use the Smart Cart (Blue).
Building Better Barriers
In this investigation, students explore collisions using a PASCO Smart Cart, which records forces during collisions. SPARKvue software is used for data...
Newton's Third Law
In this lab, students will investigate how two Smart Carts exert forces on each other in different scenarios. Using force sensors on each cart, students...
Forces and Motion
In this lab, students explore the relationship between force, mass, and motion using a Smart Cart on an aluminum dynamics track. The objective is to investigate...
Periodic Motion: Mass and Spring
Experimentally determine the physical properties of a hanging mass and spring system that affect its period of oscillation.
Coefficients of Friction
Experimentally determine the static and kinetic friction coefficients between two contacting surfaces.
Smart Cart Out of the Box Experiments
A collection of quick experiments you can perform with the Smart Cart.
Blockly Extension: Where's My Smart Cart?
Students create a Blockly program that calibrates the position of the Smart Cart to the scale on...
Blockly Extension: Making a Mass-o-meter
Students create a Blockly program that determines the mass of a Smart Cart and its contents based...
Blockly Extension: Vector Display
Students create a Blockly program that outputs text that indicates the magnitude and direction of the velocity and acceleration of a Smart Cart.
Archimedes’ Principle
In this lab, the buoyant force on an object is measured by taking the difference between the object's weight in air, and its apparent weight in water....
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