Marble Roll Experiment

Roll a marble through the tube and into the cup.

Marble roll experiment.

Roll the marble from the top of the ramp 1 metre from the bottom. I therefore disregarded the first roll 284 inches and rolled the marble a fourth time and then calculated the average for rolls two three and four. The cup should move measure the distance between where the cup ended up and where the cup started out. Many teachers will satisfy and develop this curiosity with basic physics experiments involving marbles.

First we lined up three marbles in the middle and one marble at the edge. For this experiment all you need is a ruler with a groove in the middle and some marbles. One uncontrolled variable in my experiment was the floor because it wasn t exactly level. Popular marble experiments help students discover basic principles of.

Long cardboard tube such as an empty roll of wrapping paper to make your ramp. Add fillers one at a time to the bin. Observe other characteristics of and differences between the fillers and balls. Blackline 2 marble roll experiment 2 record sheet 34 session 7 marble roll experiment 3 what happens if you make the ramp longer.

35 blackline 3 marble roll experiment 3 record sheet 38 session 8 another look at averaging 39 teacher record sheet marble roll experiment 1 record sheet 43 session 9 finding average distances 44 teacher record sheet. Now move the cup back to the same spot on the line and repeat the experiment but this time hold the cardboard tube at a slightly higher angle. Conduct the experiment. Record the distance travelled from the end of the ramp for each trial.

35 blackline 3 marble roll experiment 3 record sheet 38 session 8 another look at averaging 39 teacher record sheet marble roll experiment 1 record sheet 43 session 9 finding average distances 44 teacher record sheet. How far did it go. Set up the following experiment. Sometimes near the end of a roll the marble would roll sharply to the side or stop and roll backwards.

Carry out four trials marble releases from each starting position. Tip the container to roll the marble through the filler. The same principles apply to spheres as well a solid sphere such as a marble should roll faster than a hollow sphere such as an air filled ball regardless of their respective diameters. Add a ball or marble.

In this experiment you will roll a marble down a ramp to find out. They thought that the marbles in the middle would roll away. Explore the ability of each marble or ball to roll through each filler. Release a marble from each of the five starting positions listed below.

Young students often experiment with spheres to see how far they travel and how their motion affects other objects.