Barbie Lab Essay

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Formal Observation of Barbie ™ Bungee Jumping Problem: How will the mass affect how many rubber bands are needed to safely and efficiently bungee jump Trisha while achieving the closest distance to the ground? Background: Bungee Jumping is a pass-time involving jumping from a stationary or moving object while connected to an elastic cord, usually involving extensive calculations to prevent most if not all fatalities. Hypothesis If the mass of the Barbie™ will affect how many rubber bands are needed for a safe bungee jump, if so then the smaller the mass of the Barbie™ ; the less amount of rubber bands are needed, because a rubber band only holds a specific amount of mass. List of Materials 1. Meter Stick 2. Trisha the victim participant in the experiment 3. Calculator 4. High Surface from which to carry out the experiment 5. Lab Sheet Procedure 1. Pickup Lab Sheet 2. Listen carefully to instructor 3. Decide the roll of each person in the lab group 4. Have a group member retrieve the appropriate rubber bands 5. Decide the test area 6. Move active workings of group to test site 7. Make rope with appropriate rubber bands for trial one 8. Place participant at top of jumping site 9. Drop Trisha 10. Wait for Observing group member to record the length jumped 11. Continue on to trial 2 12. Repeat this process for 3 trials for each addition of rubber bands 13. Calculate the average of the three trials for every addition of rubber bands 14. Put materials away 15. Clean up test area 16. Return to seats 17. Ask Observer for the information gathered and continue on with Lab Sheet Safety Precautions: Lab members not actively participating in experiment should be a few feet back to avoid any accidents resulting in a collision of any kind.
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