Motion: Using a Light gate and Spoked Pulley

 Position a Light gate with a pulley (SP1) attached to the end of the track and connect to input A on the

EasySense data logger.  Set up the apparatus as shown. The mass is used to tension the thread (not to pull the cart along or make the cart increase in speed). Run the thread over the pulley.  Open the EasySense program and select Timing. From the wizard select what you want to measure and the necessary parameters.  Select Start to begin logging.  When the data collection is complete Show Data As (from the Settings menu) can be used to recalculate the data in another form.

Use this set up to study:  Effect of mass on motion: alter the mass on the hanger, as the mass falls it will pull the cart along the track.

 Effect of slope on motion: alter the angle of the track and either use mass to pull the cart up the track or keep the tensioning mass constant and study the effect of increasing the angle on the motion of the cart down the track.

 Change in velocity and acceleration: use the software to show the collected data in different forms and study changes as the cart moves along the track.