research on bouncing balls off of surfaces
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- Project Question: I have selected your science fair idea of Balls Bouncing Off of Surfaces. I am having trouble starting my research. I am not sure which physics topic to research. Do I need to research motion, or deflection or something else?
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research on bouncing balls off of surfaces
I have chosed to do the experiment called Bouncing Balls Off of Surfaces. After reading the description for key words, I am totally confused on where to start my research. Should I be studying motion, or deflection, or something totally different? Please help
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Re: research on bouncing balls off of surfaces
Hi,
You seem to basing your project on the Science Buddies writeup on “bouncing balls off surfaces”:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... A&from=TSW
This writeup is an abbreviated project idea. If this is your first ever science project and you are not sure where to start, consider a regular project with a fuller description. In any event you should start by completely reading the Science Buddies Project Guide:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... tion.shtml
To do the project you are interested in I would start by learning all about momentum, elastic and inelastic collisions, and then decide on the question you want to answer in your project.
These websites may be useful:
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ph8709.html
http://www.teachengineering.org/view_ac ... .xml#intro
http://www.teachengineering.org/view_le ... sson03.xml
http://blogs.asee.org/goengineering/cla ... ty-bounce/
http://dept.physics.upenn.edu/~uglabs/l ... ions2D.pdf
Remember, the idea here is to do something interesting to you and have fun!
Best wishes for a great experience,
Barrett Tomlinson
You seem to basing your project on the Science Buddies writeup on “bouncing balls off surfaces”:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... A&from=TSW
This writeup is an abbreviated project idea. If this is your first ever science project and you are not sure where to start, consider a regular project with a fuller description. In any event you should start by completely reading the Science Buddies Project Guide:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... tion.shtml
To do the project you are interested in I would start by learning all about momentum, elastic and inelastic collisions, and then decide on the question you want to answer in your project.
These websites may be useful:
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ph8709.html
http://www.teachengineering.org/view_ac ... .xml#intro
http://www.teachengineering.org/view_le ... sson03.xml
http://blogs.asee.org/goengineering/cla ... ty-bounce/
http://dept.physics.upenn.edu/~uglabs/l ... ions2D.pdf
Remember, the idea here is to do something interesting to you and have fun!
Best wishes for a great experience,
Barrett Tomlinson