Category: Grade 11

 

Pictures of the calculation of my experiment:

 

 

original question:

would different materials I use as a parachute from my Experiment reduce the time of my egg hitting the ground?

answer: yes, different materials could reduce the time of an egg hitting the ground. but some materials could have the same or a slightly different times then on another.

 

If I had to redo my experiment I would use different materials not because the first two that I used weren’t good but instead I want to see if different materials that use could have a different conclusions.

 

If a scientist with an unlimited budget to do my experiment I would suggest that they would rent out a room with no high wind blowing towards it and possibly use better materials then the ones I used.

 

This experiment turned out just how i wanted it to. I did not have any major challenges to complete except when i broke the egg on my brothers face at the start. I do not think this experiment could be used in real life or be useful. but it could be a fun challenge to do in your free time.

Planning and conducting

 

Air time till balloon parachute hit the ground ( 0.94 s)

Air time till plastic bag parachute hit the ground ( 1.09 s)

The Hight of the drop  (3.2 M)

 

Evaluating

One problem that I encountered during my experiment was making both diagrams for my labs.

If I had to change something about this experiment that I did, it would be changing the egg for something else because it was very tricky doing this experiment with an egg.

after doing my experiment and collecting all my data, it does seem reasonable. it had everything that I have expected and nothing surprised me from it.

 

Communicating

I do not have a picture of my experiment but I did record a video that shows everything that I have done for the experiment.

 

 

questioning and predictions:

would different materials I use as a parachute from my Experiment reduce the time of my egg hitting the ground?

Analyzing the situation: 

Both of the Experiments will have two different air time due to the different materials I will be using.

 

planning the experiment: 

get 3 different materials

attach each material to a 3 different eggs

drop each egg parachute one at a time from a balcony

calculate how long did each material parachute take to hit the ground.

materials :

balloon

plastic bag

phone to record my experiment

2 eggs

tape

strings

1: how much force do I need to kick a soccer ball from half of the field to the goal without it touching the ground.

This experiment would be very tricky because I would probably need to do it over and over again so I could get the perfect shot at the net and the Perfect force and power that I kick the ball with so it can reach and go into the soccer net without it touching the ground.

2: how much force do I need to use to push a car.

For this idea i would have to pass on it because while I was thinking about it I thought it would be a fun idea to do. But then I realized it would be a little dangerous to be using a specific force to push a car to get it moving would be very risky of me getting hurt.

3: egg parachute

For this project I was going through all the ideas I have thought and have decided to chose the egg parachute experiment because it was the one that I found to be less challenging more fun and interesting then my other ideas I wrote down. I also wanted to do this experiment because I feel like different material that I use for a parachute could have a different time of hitting the ground depending on the type of material I use for each experiment.

4: elevator weight

for the elevator idea, i decided to pass on it because I wanted to do an experiment that was a little interesting and fun to do instead of just putting a weight scale and seeing my weight drop or go up.