Get Rolling
Grade 5
Presentation
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Hypothesis
If we push the ball to the smoothest surface then the ball will go more further than in rough surfaces because the smooth surface will let the ball go easily but the rough surface will generate fiction and make it go slow .
Research
the ques is What is the material of a ball?
Ball is made of leather rubber and synthetic.
Question ;
how does friction affect a ball
Answer ; when a ball rolls it slows down with friction . the friction force is static to friction so no work and friction is done
Author ; rod cross
Variables
Manipulated / Dependent Variable
ONE thing that you will test/change:
We will change the surfaces
Responding / In
dependent Variable
The thing I think will change or be affected:
We will measure how far does
The ball goes
How will you measure it? :
We will measure it with a measuring tape .
We will change the surfaces
Procedure
First we put the different surfaces on the ground .Then we place our measuring tape beside the surfaces .Now we put the ramp before one of the surface ,the one we want to use first and place the measuring tape beside the surface we are using first . Now we roll the ball from the ramp and into the surface . We measure how far did the ball go? So now we do all the other surface like that .
Observations
Analysis
Results: Analyze
In our experiment the ball had to land on the surfaces to continue… We found out that the woolen surface had the most friction and the plastic surface had the least friction. We also found out that the cloth surface had medium friction.
Conclusion
Our question was: would one ball cover the same distance if applied equal effort in different surfaces?
The answer to our question is: NO! It did not cover the same distance
Our hypothesis was correct because: we did say that the longest distance it will cover will be covered on the smoothest surface and it did.
Application
It is beneficial because if someone want the right surface like how much thin it is and how much friction it has . Also instead of a ball they could use something else ,it does not has to be a ball. We did a ball because we thought it will be a interesting topic.
Sources Of Error
We were really careful .
Our results were reliable