Marble And Ramp Experiment

Suppose you start the marble at rest xe 0 m s and it travels a distance of d.

Marble and ramp experiment.

Wooden ramp with beveled end and a channel down the center. An example of potential energy is a stretched out rubber band the farther you stretch it the more potential energy it has. Long cardboard tube such as an empty roll of wrapping paper to make your ramp. In one of your experiments you will roll a marble down a ramp to provide an initial horizontal velocity.

This experiment requires a few things. It should be at least two and one. Use 1 d kinematics to predict the velocity of the ball xi at the bottom of the ramp. Students will use a marble ramp laboratory experiment to demonstrate an understanding of work and energy.

In this experiment you will roll a marble down a ramp to find out. 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. Potential energy is the energy that is stored in an object. Explore activity 5 6 d.

Note these textbooks must be the same mass and have the same dimensions. Track material is easy to work with and cheap. In this experiment the inclined plane makes work easier by allowing gravity without any help from you to move the marble down the ramp. Big idea planning and carrying out investigations is an essential physics skill students can use to design a lab where potential energy is transferred into kinetic energy.

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. Experimenting with forces grade level 5 overview statement in this activity students use a marble and a paper dra.