The Go Direct Sensor Cart features built-in, wireless sensors for one-dimensional dynamics and kinematics experiments. With Go Direct Sensor Cart, students can explore force, position, velocity, and acceleration directly on their Bluetooth-enabled device—no wires or additional equipment required. Each cart features built-in sensors to simplify experiment setup and allow investigations to be conducted on or off the track. Includes sensor cart, hook, flat-top rubber bumper, anti-roll peg, 4x empty tabs, and micro USB cable.

Go Direct Sensor Cart can be used for hands-on kinematics and dynamics demonstrations but can also be used as an individual sensor. Hang a mass and spring from the force sensor to study simple harmonic motion, or attach the cart to a turntable to study centripetal acceleration.

Each full-featured dynamics cart includes encoder wheel to report position, 3-axis accelerometer to measure independent acceleration, ±50 N force sensor to measure push and pulls, mass trays for changing total mass, plunger for collision and impulse studies, low friction wheels for uniform motion, and exchangeable magnetic and hook-and-pile inserts for elastic and inelastic collisions.

Go Direct Sensor Cart connects directly to your mobile device, Chromebook™, or computer using our free Graphical Analysis™ 4 app.

The Go Direct Sensor Cart can be used in a variety of experiments:

• Collect position, velocity, and acceleration data as a cart rolls freely up and down an incline
• Observe collisions between two carts, test for the conservation of momentum, or measure energy changes during different types of collisions
• Investigate the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration
• Examine the energies involved in simple harmonic motion
• Measure a cart’s momentum change and compare it to the impulse it receives