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Initial Ideas: Cart on smooth track given a quick shove and then stopped.
Exploration #1, STEP 1: Comparing motion of a pushed and pulled cart.
Exploration #1, STEP 2a: Cart pushed and pulled in various ways.
Exploration #2, STEP 2: Recording a speed-time graph for a cart given a quick shove and then stopped.
Exploration #2, STEP 3B: Recording a speed-time graph for a cart given a second push in the same direction as its motion.
Exploration #2, STEP 3C: Recording a speed-time graph for a cart given a gentle tap in the opposite direction to its motion.
Exploration #2, STEP 3D: Recording a speed-time graph for a cart given a tap to reverse its direction.
Exploration #2, STEP 5: Slow-motion cart push, with speed-time graph
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