Physics (August 20)

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Groups presented their data from the ball bounce lab. Here is some of the data that was collected.

This group explored the relationship between the drop height and the first bounce height. They also calculated what percentage the first bounce height was of the original drop height.
This group bounced the ball on many different surfaces to see how many times it bounced. They also tried to explain why their data came out the way that it did.
This group looked at the relationship between the drop height and the number of bounces. Interestingly, they found that there was very minimal relationship between the two variables. Additionally, they included a very nice graph for us to be able to interpret the data.

From all of this discussion, we decided that confidence in our data is very important in being able to make predictions. Therefore, the following things were decided by the class to try to increase the confidence in our data:
1. Multiple trials will be used (at least 3)
2. Multiple data points will be collected (at least 5)
3. The data points should cover a wide range of numbers.

Additionally, the classes decided that it was important to present our data clearly. Therefore, a table will be used to organize our data.

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