One of the most basic things students do in a physics lab is to collect data and use that to build a model. Most of these models come in the form of a mathematical function. But here is the problem.

Suppose you have a cylinder on an ramp and you let it start rolling down. What will be its acceleration? Great question, right? I like this because it brings in many different concepts in introductory ...

A horizontal line on a distance-time graph close distance-time graphA graph with distance travelled plotted on the vertical axis against time taken on the horizontal axis. shows that the object is ...