Free Fall with timer 2-1

A sphere falls freely over certain distances. The falling time is measured and evaluated from diagrams. The acceleration due to gravity can be determined.

Benefits

• Gravitation scrutinized
• Find out how the velocity of a falling object increases
• Didactical demonstration of the falling distances
• Visualise the squared distance-time law
• Steady set-up
• All crucial parts directly engineered for this experiment

Tasks

1. To determine the functional relationship between height of fall and falling time.
2. To determine the acceleration due to gravity.

Learning objectives

• Linear motion due to constant acceleration
• Laws of falling bodies
• Gravitational acceleration