Work and Kinetic Energy - Testing Physics

This is the first in what I hope will become a series of videos where we do experiments to test various physical principles. In this video, we test the Work-Energy theorem for both constant and non-constant forces. Full Series Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQzpF6G7qUZBJO-y6JHY4GAy33BneO-9U Opening Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Janice Lee (NSF's NOIRLab) https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/images/2023/104/01GS812G7AGRG6D1WCXPS3EYZ5 0:00 Introduction 0:37 Claims to be tested (intro to energy) 7:08 Equipment used 8:45 Work-KE experiment setup 15:33 Taking the first data 19:12 More data trials 23:23 Patterns in errors 25:53 Accounting for friction 29:46 Further analysis (excellent agreement with theory) 32:54 Work by varying force