Force Lab Results

During the water drops on a penny, we had an opportunity to make predictions and participate in several trials. Although participating in experiments is important, one way the classroom teacher could enhance the experience would you to have the students come up with a list of testable questions. Once the students have made their list of questions, allow the students to make a prediction, and then test their hypothesis. There were four groups of students each doing their own independent trails and asking their own questions, however, the results were very similar. Although, different techniques were used, the outcomes still allowed each student to have an experience observing surface tension. (See Question 1)

1. For this experiment, what were the independent variable and the dependent variable? What were the constants?

Designing your own experiment 1. Make an observation: When a balloon is rubbed on someone’s head the hair on the person’s head will stand up, and if the balloon is later placed on a wall it will remain there for a certain amount of time. 2. Ask a question: Do different hair colors have different effects on static electricity? 3.

The purpose of this experiment is to find out which brand of paper towel, Decorator or

Next, during the experiment, it was observed that the hole in the lifesaver was not big enough for Sam to go through it. It was also observed that Sam and the lifesaver were both very fragile in the sense that they could be reshaped or stretched easily. In contrast, during the lab, it was observed that to go through with the procedures four paperclips are needed. Further, into the lab, it was noticed that the lifesaver needed to be stretched at least 4 more mm for sam to go through the lifesaver. The hypothesis was proven to be correct because after reshaping the paper clips from their original form it was

Next the beetle was weighed and it’s weight was recorded. The dental floss was then tied around the second and third legs, and taped to the petri dish. A strip of cloth was also needed to provide traction for the beetle. Then, the petri dish was removed from the beetle and the weight of the petri dish was recorded. The experiment was then ready to be performed. Paperclips were added to the dish every 5-10 seconds until the beetle could pull it no more. Then, the petri dish was removed from the beetle and the weight of was recorded. This experiment’s dependent variable was the amount of mass the beetle can pull, and the independent variable was the mass of the beetle. There was no control group in this experiment. These were the materials and methods used to conduct this

Ionic compounds are soluble in water to a certain point depending on the compound. The level of solubility changes among different compounds. Some ionic compounds can completely dissolve in water and appear to be a homogeneous mixture. Although, some ionic compounds dissolve very little, and could be considered insoluble, since it does not dissolve fully. Depending on the compound, the level of solubility can be high or low. However, ionic compounds could dissolve to a certain degree. If the solution appears to be a heterogeneous mixture, many may assume through visual representation that it may be insoluble. As stated previously, the smallest amount of solubility should be considered. To confirm whether or not the substance is soluble, observe the efficiency when conducting electricity. Due to practical reasons, the slightest solubility could be considered insoluble by people.

There were many opportunities for error within this lab due to the procedure the group decided to follow. However, the percentage error was not very significant, with a 1.12% to 6.71% difference between the actual and predicted velocity. The slight difference between the percentages could have been a result of parallax, instrument resolution, environmental factors, and the lack of trials. Once major source of error was the group’s decision to bypass collecting many data trials in the interest in time. This may have introduced biased sample fallacy into the conclusion because there were only two trials per a flying toy and which was little evidence to support the statements made about the relationship between velocity, acceleration, and circular motion. For the next lab, the group plans to conduct at least three trails and then use the average to avoid this bias. Environmental errors present during this lab included classmates walking into the flying toy while the group was collecting data,

The atom of an element has electrons that are found around the nucleus in regions known as orbitals. When energy is absorbed by the electrons of an atom they begin to jump to higher energy levels. When this happens the electrons are in an excited state. However when the electrons begin to release the energy and drop in energy levels they emit electromagnetic radiation. If the radiation that is emitted falls between 400 to 700 nanometers then the electrons emit photons which we can see as visible light.

BEFORE CONDUCTING THE EXPERIMENT - You should already have submitted to your teacher an EXCELLENT Investigation Design that included:

The oxidation number of an atom of any free element is ZERO. Means to say there is only one kind of atom present, no charge.

The topic for science fair is on blood spatter. If terminal velocity and height van affect the radius of a blood spatter print. To figure out whether after a blood splatter reaches terminal velocity and it starts to slow down will the radius start to become decrease. In this experiment the independent variable is the height the blood is dropped from, and the dependent is the radius of the blood spatter. Independent and dependent variables: The independent variable is the amount of sugar in each solution and the dependent variable is the levels of vitamin C the solution has.

In this lab we tested the effect of the air friction on a free fall object using a stopwatch and photogate. One of the objective of the experiment was to get one of the free falling object acceleration to be close to 9.8 meter/second sq. The reason of that objective was to see if the theory of the acceleration of any object in free fall is downward on earth have the magnitude of about 9.8 meter/second sq. or not. To accomplish this we separated this experiment in two part.

* The relevance of this experiment is similar to understanding a real airplane. Paper airplane models are derived from an actual plane these days. The design of an airplane has so much to do with distance, hang time, speed, and many other factors. Understanding the models I have chosen to make help me

They are given several minutes to explore. Students must find a desirable question to research and conduct the experiment based on their observations.