Marble Launcher Experiment

After each trial measure the horizontal distance traveled by the marble.

Marble launcher experiment.

Be sure the light beam crosses the center of the barrel. Variables in an experiment stop and think 1. They were as off as 20 centimeters off the actual landing point. The lab consisted of several different portions.

Marble launcher demonstration for physical science and physics is a durable apparatus to study velocity acceleration and projectile motion. Use a strip of masking tape on the floor to make sure that the marble launcher is consistently placed in the same location. State your answer to the question as a hypothesis remember i think is wimpy 2. Students had to experiment to figure out velocity values and had to perform multiple trials in order to calculate other important values.

At which angle do you think the marble will travel the greatest distance. What is the dependent variable in this. What is the independent variable in this experiment. Ap physics 1 students completed a difficult but practical marble launcher lab on tuesday oct 7.

November 7th 2011 abstract we created a projectile launcher out of materials found at home. We had about two errors in our experiment. Place the marble in the launcher and pull the spring handle to the 4th slot this compresses the spring the same each trial. From this information students describe the accuracy and precision of the landings.

Benjamin ayida would give students. The equations were not very accurate as to where the marble landed. Make sure a lab partner is ready to catch the marble after it hits the. The photogate attaches to the tab on the end of the wood piece that supports the barrel.

State your answer to the question as a hypothesis remember i think is wimpy 2. The friction from the ball rolling also made the distance a little off. Variables in an experiment stop and think 1. 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.

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. 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. At which angle do you think the marble will travel the greatest distance.

Are experiments with the marble launcher. Students determine the accuracy and precision of the marble launcher experiments. Finally ap physics 1 teacher dr. The marble was not dropped at the exact same point each time.

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. 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. For this experiment you will use angles from 0 to 80 degrees.