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Moving Man Simulation

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/simulations-base.html
Find Moving Man Website in the hand out folder and click on Moving Man and Run Now.
Getting started. After Moving Man is open leave the position graph open but close velocity
and acceleration graphs. By clicking button.
Making observations. By click on the an to ove hi back and forth. !bserve what shows
up on the graph.
"ress when you want to stop a graph.
"ress when you want to begin a new graph#
Directions: $sing the graphs provided below% ake a PREDICI!" sketch of the otion action
described. &hen go to the website and ake an #C$#% sketch of the graph that is produced
by each action.
Motion Description Prediction Graph Actual Graph
A man moving from 0m to 6m at
a fast steady pace. He pulls a
hamstring and walks a slow
pace to 10m. (towards the
house)
A man moves at a slow pace to
2m stops then moves !ack to
0m and stops to look for his
keys.
A man moves at a fast pace to
"# meters then walks a slow
pace then turns around and
runs to 6m to catch up with his
friend.
A man moves to $m (house)
%&'( slow) stops to take a
nap.
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-10
5
0
-5
Time (sec)
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m
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A man moving from 0m to 10m at a
slow steady pace. (towards the
house) then stops to check his
mail at his house for 2 sec. *hen
he goes !ack to 0m at a fast
steady pace.
A man moves at a +uick pace # m
then stops for , seconds to tie his
shoe. *hen man then moves at a
fast pace to $m then stops again.
A man moving from 0 to $ m at a
fast steady pace then stops for #
seconds to catch his !reath. *hen
walks at a slow steady pace !ack
to 0m.
A man waits for his friend at 0m.
His friend arrives and the run at a
fast pace to the tree ("$m) and run
faster !ack to the house ($m)
-reate your own description and graph it.
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'ook at the graph below and for the different parts of the graph that are arked write a stateent about what is
happening. Be sure to include the direction of otion and the speed of otion.
Part Description o& direction and speed
A
B
C
Part A
Part B
Part C Part D
Part F
Part E
Part Description o& direction and speed
D
E
F