Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This video introduces a lab which can be used to determine the relationship between the velocity of an object moving in a circular path at a constant speed and the size of the sum of the forces needed to make it continue to move in that circular path. The following videos can be used to collect data for this lab. Each data collection video uses different size masses moving in circular paths at different radii. The last linked video below is a summary of the conclusion discussion to make sense of the collected and analyzed data.

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Circular Motion Lab (Data Set #1): youtu.be/B4gGojdUr1c
Circular Motion Lab (Data Set #2): youtu.be/_b6YTIW7oBA
Circular Motion Lab (Data Set #3): youtu.be/xVSEEIeSaCI
Circular Motion Lab (Data Set #4): youtu.be/sdK33dR58XQ
Circular Motion Lab (Data Set #5): youtu.be/GPFyoperoFk
Circular Motion Lab (Data Set #6): youtu.be/4TRC_Yvb12E

Circular Motion Lab (CONCLUSION DISCUSSION): youtu.be/iZAf6sx1Kes

NOTE: The conclusion discussion video discusses a different method for collecting the velocity and sum of the forces data, but the conclusions are the same we reached using the data collection videos