The activity was to make us learn a bit about kinematics which was simply just how things move. There was a motion sensor, which was connected to the computer with the software that collected how you moved.
There were 5 graphs/motion patterns that we had to walk. There were time vs. distance graphs, and time vs. velocity graphs. In my opinion, the distance/time graph was a lot easier to walk than the velocity ones because it just involves walking towards the sensor and away. However in the velocity graph, it was somewhat challenging. We had to control our speed as we walked, and if a small mistake was made, the graph was messed up.
After MANY trials, we finally got a pattern that SOMEWHAT matches the original graph, and we got to mess around with the stuff.
From this activity, we learned the basic pattern of the motions of distance vs. time and distance vs. velocity.
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