Free+Fall+T-Charts+and+Graphs

Produce two T-Charts and two graphs that show the difference between speed and acceleration.
 * [[image:physicalsciencecottrell/Falling_ball Acceleration Gravity.jpg width="224" height="699"]] ||  || [[image:Basketball TCharts Board.jpg width="430" height="292"]]

Acceleration due to gravity known as free fall.

The picture shows the distance a tiny basketball drops per unit of time. In this case the distance will be in millimeters and the time will be in milliseconds. These small units avoids the issue of terminal velocity.

Note: MPH, meters per second, and millimeters per millisecond are all units of speed. A millimeter is one thousandth of a meter. A Millisecond is equal to one thousandth of a second.

Use the numbers from the picture to complete the distance side of the first T-Chart. Make a Distance vs. Time graph from this T-Chart

Remember that, speed = distance / time

As the formula above indicates, divide the distance in the first T-Chart by the time in the second T-Chart to determine the speed of the basketball for each millisecond. Make a Speed vs. Time graph from the second T-Chart.

Resources: http://physicalsciencecottrell.wikispaces.com/Motion+Graphs http://physicalsciencecottrell.wikispaces.com/Acceleration+Graph http://physicalsciencecottrell.wikispaces.com/Speed+and+Acceleration+Graph http://physicalsciencecottrell.wikispaces.com/Small+Luke+Lando ||