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Projectile Range: Modeling a Rolling Launch

Launch a marble off a table from different ramp heights and test a physics model of how far it lands.

Grade 10ExperimentScience OlympiadMath ChallengeScienceMathPhysicsData AnalysisMeasurementAdvanced1.5 to 2 hr7 materials

What you'll learn

  • Combine conservation of energy with projectile motion to build a model
  • Linearize data by plotting range squared against ramp height
  • Explain the gap between a model and real data using sources of error

Objective

Predict the landing distance of a rolling marble using energy and projectile motion, then compare the prediction to measured data.

STEM concepts

Conservation of energyProjectile motionRolling motionModelingSources of error
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