Take a moment to answer these questions.
- What will happen to your speed when you go up a hill?
- What type of energy do you gain as you go up?
- What do you need to do to maintain a consistent energy level of you on your bike (your system)?
- Why do you think that's the case?
Lets build you, on a smart bike!
- Done! I've built my bike.
Try out your bike.
- My bike is moving forward and recording values.
- I can see my graph.
- I can answer this question:
- Why isn't the angle (blue line) read by the Hub "0"?
Let's go uphill!
- I can see my new graph.
- I can answer these questions:
- How can you describe what's happening to the motor's power as the bike goes uphill?
- Looking at the graph, where can you see that your bike is gaining potential energy?
Try to make the incline as steep possible to better see the difference in power consumption.
Repeat with a different slope. Make a prediction!
- I've created my path.
- I've made my estimation graph.
- I was able to record my data and verify my graph.
Communicate your results
- How would you summarize your experiment?
- Can you describe one way to gain potential energy?
Nice work in the field!