Monthly Archives: October 2012

In this lab we used a motor that wound a pulley attatched to a weight to demonstrate: Newton’s 2nd law (Force = mass*acceleration) The law of Conservation of Energy The Experiment: Reulsts: Mass | Acceleration 0.25  |  40.86984 0.2    |  42.47785 0.15  |  47.46227 … Continue reading →

What exactly is hydrofracking? – Hydraulic Fracturing is a method of extracting natural gas from shale deposits thousands of feet under ground -Shale contains deposits of natural gas, which collect in small pockets in the rock – Wells are drilled … Continue reading →