The generator lab experiment required a generator to shake (which was basically a flashlight without a lightbulb), a magnet that is in a coil of wire, and a probe and adaptor. The ability to count quickly was also necessary in this experiment. Basically, one person had to shake the generator for thirty seconds at a certain pace while the other person had to keep track of how many times the generator shook. We then had to take the information the computer automatically recorded (the voltages) and had to see the squared voltages and figure out the sum of squared voltages.

My partner and I did three trials of the experiment. For the first trial, he shook the generator as I counted how many times he shook it. I counted that it shook 60 times total within the thirty seconds. Our sum of the squared voltages was 189.58

The second trial of our experiment resulted in 63 shakes by my partner, while I counted again. He shook at almost the same pace as the first trial, but it must have been just a tad faster for him to increase by three shakes. Our sum of squared voltages was 359.78

The third and final trial was slightly different than the first two. For this trial, I was the one to shake the generator while my partner kept track of the amount of shakes. He totaled 71 shakes in thirty seconds. Our sum of squared voltages was 104.82

After we performed the three trials, we had to make a graph of the number of shakes versus the sum of the squared voltages. *The chart was originally supposed to be flipped around, but we could not figure out how to change the X and Y axis on our chart on the computer.*

Our X-Axis is the sum of the squared voltages and our Y-Axis is the number of shakes.