Thursday, January 17, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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.
Monday, January 14, 2013
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. |
Friday, January 11, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
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
#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
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
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.
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.
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