Marble Launcher Experiment

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Marble launcher experiment.

The lab consisted of several different portions. Experiment taken from mcgraw hill 5th grade physical science textbook students create a marble launcher using an index card and use a marbel meter stick and timer to determine the speed in which it will travel. 1 800 452 1261 live chat m f 7 30 am 5 00 pm cst 1 800 452 1261 live chat m f 7 30 am 5 00 pm cst. They were as off as 20 centimeters off the actual landing point.

After each trial measure the horizontal distance traveled by the marble. Finally ap physics 1 teacher dr. Place the marble in the launcher and pull the spring handle to the 4th slot this compresses the spring the same each trial. The marble was not dropped at the exact same point each time.

Benjamin ayida would give students. November 7th 2011 abstract we created a projectile launcher out of materials found at home. For this experiment you will use angles from 0 to 80 degrees. Using a projectile launcher to verify that increasing the initial angle increases the range thanoja gnanatheevam yadesh prashad saad saleem mai wageh and timothy yang.

An experiment in speed and motion. Make sure a lab partner is ready to catch the marble after it hits the. From this information students describe the accuracy and precision of the landings. Variables in an experiment stop and think 1.

Use a strip of masking tape on the floor to make sure that the marble launcher is consistently placed in the same location. What is the dependent variable in this. It will launch a small marble about 1 5cm in diameter. State your answer to the question as a hypothesis remember i think is wimpy 2.

Marble launcher demonstration for physical science and physics is a durable apparatus to study velocity acceleration and projectile motion. Students had to experiment to figure out velocity values and had to perform multiple trials in order to calculate other important values. We had about two errors in our experiment. The friction from the ball rolling also made the distance a little off.

Are experiments with the marble launcher. The equations were not very accurate as to where the marble landed. Ap physics 1 students completed a difficult but practical marble launcher lab on tuesday oct 7. What is the independent variable in this experiment.

At which angle do you think the marble will travel the greatest distance. Variables in an experiment stop and think 1. Launch the same marble 5 times and mark the impact point on the floor. To create the marble launcher student will fold the index card lengthwise like a hot dog.

State your answer to the question as a hypothesis remember i think is wimpy 2. Using a plot of a set of landing sites on a coordinate plane students determine the average distance deviation of the sites to one another. Students determine the accuracy and precision of the marble launcher experiments.