Marble And Ramp Experiment

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Marble and ramp experiment.

Students will use a marble ramp laboratory experiment to demonstrate an understanding of work and energy. Long cardboard tube such as an empty roll of wrapping paper to make your ramp. In this experiment the inclined plane makes work easier by allowing gravity without any help from you to move the marble down the ramp. A meter stick two marble balls with the same mass two photogate timers a motion sensor a wooden ramp with a length of x meters and a few textbooks.

An example of potential energy is a stretched out rubber band the farther you stretch it the more potential energy it has. Note these textbooks must be the same mass and have the same dimensions. In one of your experiments you will roll a marble down a ramp to provide an initial horizontal velocity. Track material is easy to work with and cheap.

Suppose you start the marble at rest xe 0 m s and it travels a distance of d. Popular marble experiments help students discover basic principles of energy mass velocity and momentum using ramps rulers and cardboard tubes. Experimenting with forces grade level 5 overview statement in this activity students use a marble and a paper dra. Explore activity 5 6 d.

In this experiment you will roll a marble down a ramp to find out. Conserving energy have students explore potential and kinetic energy by releasing a marble on a simulated roller coaster. Lengths of textured fabric cut to fit the ramp cloth towel paper towel foil sandpaper wax paper cling wrap foam. This experiment requires a few things.

Potential energy is the energy that is stored in an object. Wooden ramp with beveled end and a channel down the center. It should be at least two and one.