We learned a cool new technique this week called video analysis. We used Logger Pro to plot the motion of a falling ping-pong ball frame-by-frame and analyze the resulting motion graphs. This is a very common and powerful technique used by all types of scientists and other folks like the Mythbusters! There is a lot of information displayed in a velocity-time graph and it can be tricky to understand it all. Here are what the graphs looked like:
Now that you know this technique, think about what types of motion you could record and analyze! We'll use this to record the launch of your rockets.