Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

Is it easier to make a basket with a girl’s basketball than with a boy’s ball? Also, what are some key terms and definitions for the terms. What experiments could i do with that? What resources can I get?

A lot is going to depend on YOUR definitions of the following:
1) How are you going to define "easier"? Science does not have a definition for "easier", you are going to have to define "easier" in scientific terms to even begin to be able to investigate this scientifically.
2) What is a girl's basketball? What is a boy's basketball? Other than the logo printed on the Spaulding official NBA and WNBA basketballs, they are identical so I'm confused by what your definitions might be.

In order to start any scientific investigation, you have to have the definitions in a form that others, particularly scientists and engineers can understand. IMO: You need to define these.

Boy's basketballs are larger than girl's basketballs. Girl's basketballs weigh 28.5 oz. Boys way a little over 29 oz. There's a significant size different also. Boy's basketballs weigh more & are larger. So is it "easier" to make a basket with a girl's basketball than with a boys? How can i prove it?

Hmm, Craig is right. It really depends on your definition of easier. Maybe a higher percentage of shots made out of shots attempted?

It may end up being more of a statistics project than a science project.

What you could do is get a random sample of as many people as you can.
They would take 10 shots with one type of basketball, and 10 shots with another basketball.
In order to avoid bias, flip a coin to decide what order of basketballs a person will get. Do it for each person.
You could then look at averages, medians, etc. to make a comparison.