My Toondoo

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This is my conclusion for my project.

My results were inconclusive. My hypothesis stated: The smaller the mass the farther it will fly. I learned there are more factors that affect the flight of an object. Those are: the shape, the size and also the mass. On some it was true the smaller the mass it did fly far and the larger the mass the less it flew. For example the golf ball is built to fly far so it flew the farthest.

This is my results graph, check it out!!!

This is how I recorded my data.

Items	Mass	Trial #1	Trial #2	Trial #3
Spaghetti O's Can	492.7 grams	11 ft. 4 I n.	11 ft. 10 1/2 I n.	15 ft. 2 1/2 I n.
Chocolate Milk Powder Jug	147.7 grams	11 ft. 4 1/2 in.	6 ft. 8 1/2 in.	12 ft. 11 in.
Pinecone	25 grams	21 ft. 4 in.	18 ft. 2 1/2 in.	23 ft. 2 in.
Plastic Golfball	5.2 grams	25 ft. 1 in.	25 ft. 1 in.	24 ft. 11 in.
Golfball	46.6 grams	32 ft. 1/2 in	28 ft.	31 ft. 8 1/2 in.
Vollyball	270.6 grams	19 ft. 3 in.	17 ft. 5 in.	18 ft. 5 in.
Tennis Ball	58.5 grams	25 ft. 1 1/2 in.	24 ft. 5 in.	24 ft.10 1/2 in.
Tape Ball	217.6 grams	14 ft	15 ft. 1 in.	14 ft.
Baseball	145.7 grams	20 ft. 6 in.	19 ft. 4 in.	21 ft. 1 1/2 in
Plastic Hoseshoe	43.4 grams	15 ft. 8 1/2 in.	20 ft. 3 in.	19 ft. 2 1/2 in.
Sweet Potato	362 grams	14 ft.	unable to launch again	exploded
Plastic Toy Car	18.3 grams	22 ft. 2 in.	22 ft.	19 ft. 1 in.
Shirt	77.8 grams	14 ft.	12 ft. 3 in.	11 ft. 8 in.

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O.K. I think I will do this...

#1. Gather wood, plastic golfball, golfball, spagetti O's can, chocolate milk powder jug, tapeball, volleyball, tennis ball, and pinecone.

#2. Build catapult.

#3. Measure mass of each object.

#4. Launch object one at a time.

#5. Measure length launched.

#6. Compare length and mass of objects.

#7. Write conclusion

Look at what I think will happen!!!

The smaller the mass the farther it will launch.

Hey Check this out I did some research and this is what I found

www.wiki.answers.com: If catapulted with the same force, will throw objects the same distance.
www.chacha.com: A heavier mass will result in a shorter distance of a catapulted object.
www.siriiusscience.plowworks.com: The weight of the object will be taken down by gravity like heavy can slow down its distance.

How about a question for today?

How does the mass affect the distance launched?