The Accelerometer in Your Phone One Week | Summary Submission Introduction This lab is designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore one-dimensional kinematics using their phone as the measurement device. This lab is meant to be done at-home, but it is important that students get started as early as possible so questions can be answered before submitting the final assignment. This is a one-week lab, and a lab summary will be due one week after the usual lab time. Students will (a) determine the free-fall acceleration of a phone and (b) practice identifying and quantifying possible sources of error. Theory Kinematics - the physics of motion - is one of the foundational concepts of physics. This lab is designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore kinematics in one-dimension (1D) when an object is moving in a straight line. Introductory physics courses usually use three equations (though not limited to only these three) to describe a wide variety of motion. These three equations are: v=v0+at v 2=v0 2+2a( xx0 ) ( xx0 )=v0 t+ 1 2 at 2 From these three equations, most situations where an object is in motion can be described. It is important to note that you should be familiar with these equations and how to use them. An object in "free-fall" is considered to be an object falling with only the force of gravity acting on