Marble Ramp And Acceleration Lab

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.

Marble ramp and acceleration lab.

A traditional fishbowl is a teaching strategy where students contribute to a discussion or activity. Determine how many centimeters the marble rolled in 5 seconds. In this lab we measured the acceleration of a rolling ball down a ramp at a specific height. By rolling a steel marble down a ramp and measuring its horizontal range you can calculate the marble s launch velocity.

Rate of acceleration is proportional to incline of ramp. I choose a fishbowl to introduce this activity instead of a lecture or a recipe lab because i want students. In this part the distance rolled down the ramp and the angle of slope are both variables. Measure the total length of the ramp and record in data table b as l.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Mark the distance. Because the marble gains speed as it travels down the ramp it has acceleration. Although the marble only has a change in speed and not direction we can still determine that acceleration occurred due to the definition.

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. Physics 31210 lab 2 projectile motion introduction. To confirm this velocity with an independent measurement you can use a photogate. We marked this ramp at each distance in which we were starting the ball from.

Set up your lab station as follows. Roll the marble from the top of the plank. The steepness of the incline can be measured by the ratio of height to length. Bell ringer marble ramp lab.

This video shows a marble accelerating down a ramp made from two meter sticks resting on 1 textbook. 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.