Marble Ramp Experiment

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Marble ramp experiment.

Lengths of textured fabric cut to fit the ramp cloth towel paper towel foil sandpaper wax paper cling wrap foam. In this experiment you will roll a marble down a ramp to find out. A meter stick two marble balls with the same mass two photogate timers a motion sensor a wooden ramp with a length of x meters and a few textbooks. By utilizing simple math equations students will figure out the average rate at which a marble travels across each inch on a ramp.

Photogate ramp labquest rulers marble we will construct the ramp and set up the photogate and perform the experiment to get the data. Then we will upload our data to our individual weeblys. Students will figure out how quickly the marble travels if the starting point is raised or lowered. I have seen various hardware stores and building supply s.

This experiment requires a few things. An example of potential energy is a stretched out rubber band the farther you stretch it the more potential energy it has. Students will use a marble ramp laboratory experiment to demonstrate an understanding of work and energy. Long cardboard tube such as an empty roll of wrapping paper to make your ramp.

Use a stopwatch to time how long it takes for a marble to go from the base of the ramp to the 1 meter mark. Track material is easy to work with and cheap. It is called shelf bracket tracks or shelf uprights. Wooden ramp with beveled end and a channel down the center.

Material procedure step by step numbered bullet points on how you are conducting your experiment. To confirm this velocity with an independent measurement you can use a photogate. By rolling a steel marble down a ramp and measuring its horizontal range you can calculate the marble s launch velocity. Big idea planning and carrying out investigations is an essential physics skill students can use to design a lab where potential energy is transferred into kinetic energy.

Potential energy is the energy that is stored in an object. Make sure that you repeat the experiment 3 times at each ramp height. In this experiment the inclined plane makes work easier by allowing gravity without any help from you to move the marble down the ramp.