The Big Drop- Abby and Makenzie’s Semester Project

This semester my friend Makenzie and I did an experiment about which ball bounced the highest when dropped from 3 feet. The balls we used were a basketball, a golf ball, a volleyball, a bouncy ball, a racquet ball, and a tennis ball. We bounced on 3 different types of floors, terrazzo, carpet, and concrete. the results were as following: On the terrazzo floor the golf ball bounced the highest, andĀ  on the carpet and concrete the racquet ball bounced the highest. I learned….that in some cases the smaller the ball the larger the bounce, and that golf ballsĀ can bounce rather high. I liked….that we got to test which floors were easier to bounce on and that we got to test out something that we wanted to know more about. I wish I knew more about…. if the distance dropped was a higher distance would how high the ball bounced also be higher.

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