Marble Ruler Experiment

For this experiment all you need is a ruler with a groove in the middle and some marbles.
Marble ruler experiment. Popular marble experiments help students discover basic principles of energy mass velocity and momentum using ramps rulers and cardboard tubes. You can also videotape the marble and use the measuring stick to measure the distance the marble travels in successive frames each standard video frame is 1 30 second. Drop the same marble from different heights. Which marble made the deepest hole.
Measure the mass of the marble. I asked the boys what they thought would happen when i flicked the marble. Inbound marble speed measurement procedure for a pair regular duck marbles. Potential energy is the energy that is stored in an object.
Choose different heights from which to drop the marble. In this experiment the inclined plane makes work easier by allowing gravity without any help from you to move the marble down the ramp. Conserving energy have students explore potential and kinetic energy by releasing a marble on a simulated roller coaster. Measure the height of the starting point for the track.
Calculate the gravitational potential energy of the marble at the starting point. First we lined up three marbles in the middle and one marble at the edge. An example of potential energy is a stretched out rubber band the farther you stretch it the more potential energy it has. Experiment 2 different heights.
Cell phone tripod 54 inch travel t. The two marbles below show the distance over which the measure. For example 6 12 and 24 inches hold one marble over the sand and release it from the lowest height. They thought that the marbles in the middle would roll away.
Measure the time for the blue marble to cover the 30 0 cm along the flat ruler.