Marble Ramp And Acceleration Lab

The steepness of the incline can be measured by the ratio of height to length.

Marble ramp and acceleration lab.

Physics 31210 lab 2 projectile motion introduction. Roll the marble from the top of the plank. I choose a fishbowl to introduce this activity instead of a lecture or a recipe lab because i want students. Measure the total length of the ramp and record in data table b as l.

By rolling a steel marble down a ramp and measuring its horizontal range you can calculate the marble s launch velocity. Because the marble gains speed as it travels down the ramp it has acceleration. Mark the distance. Rate of acceleration is proportional to incline of ramp.

Our variables in which we used to determine speed was a little metal ball and a metal black ramp we placed the ball on to measure its speed. Record your distance in the data table. A traditional fishbowl is a teaching strategy where students contribute to a discussion or activity. This relates to the lab results because as we determined the marble gained speed as it advanced down the ramp.

Determine how many centimeters the marble rolled in 5 seconds. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. In this lab we measured the acceleration of a rolling ball down a ramp at a specific height. Set up your lab station as follows.

This video shows a marble accelerating down a ramp made from two meter sticks resting on 1 textbook. To confirm this velocity with an independent measurement you can use a photogate. Roll the marble down the longer ramp for increasing amounts of time one second two seconds three seconds etc until the time the marble goes past the end of the ramp. Bell ringer marble ramp lab.

In groups of 3 begin by picking one person to be the marble starter 1 person as distance marker watcher and one person as timer. We marked this ramp at each distance in which we were starting the ball from.