Student Exploration: Atwood Machine Gizmos

Student Exploration: Atwood Machine Gizmos Student Exploration: Atwood Machine Vocabulary: acceleration, Atwood machine, Newton’s second law, pulley, tension, weight Prior Knowledge Question (Do this BEFORE using the Gizmo.) Tarzan is standing on a tree branch, high above the forest floor, and he wants to get down to the ground. Jane is standing on the ground and wants to get onto Tarzan’s branch. Tarzan holds a vine that reaches to the ground.