Building the Tallest Tower
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:45 am
My 4th grade son completed the project "Building the Tallest Tower". He built 3 towers out of LEGO's, all with the same base the only difference was the height. Then he made a shake table out of 3-ring binder covers, rubber bands and 4 bouncy balls. The table displacement went up from 1 inch to 2 inches to 4 inches. He was looking to see if the height of the tower affected its stability as he shook the table. He has all of his data in the format of the suggestion in the instructions as follows:
Tower Height \ Table Displacement (cm) \ Did it Fall? (Y/N)
11cm \ 1 inch \ No
11cm \ 2 inches \ No
11cm \ 4 inches \ No
16cm \ 1 inch \ No
16cm \ 2 inches \ No
16cm \ 4 inches \ No
25cm \ 1 inch \ No
25cm \ 2 inches \ No
25cm \ 4 inches \ Yes
For the Science Fair board he is supposed to have a graph. My question is, how would you graph the Yes/No data above?
Thanks so much!
Tower Height \ Table Displacement (cm) \ Did it Fall? (Y/N)
11cm \ 1 inch \ No
11cm \ 2 inches \ No
11cm \ 4 inches \ No
16cm \ 1 inch \ No
16cm \ 2 inches \ No
16cm \ 4 inches \ No
25cm \ 1 inch \ No
25cm \ 2 inches \ No
25cm \ 4 inches \ Yes
For the Science Fair board he is supposed to have a graph. My question is, how would you graph the Yes/No data above?
Thanks so much!