Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In an introductory physics class, students need to have a quantitative understanding of the relationship between the velocity of an object and the stored kinetic energy. Rather than directly giving your students this equation, give your students an experience where they can develop this equation through a guided investigation.

This video walks you through an introductory physics lab that allows students to develop a model for the relationship between an object’s kinetic energy and velocity. This guided investigation will allow students to develop the kinetic energy equation, where the kinetic energy of a moving object is equal to one-half times the object’s mass times the velocity squared.

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Video Chapters

0:00 Video Introduction
1:28 Prelab Discussion
2:57 Data Collection
6:14 Data Analysis
8:39 Conclusion Discussion