Moon Crater Experiment

AIM: To look at the size of moon craters.

EQUIPMENT:

METHOD:

We gather our equipment.
Before leaving the room, we draw out a simple table.
With our equipment in hand, we head to the long jump area at the back of the field where sand resides.
Using the ruler, we smooth out a reasonably sized area of the sand.
Measuring the drop at 10 metres, we drop each ball and measure it’s Crater diameter and Crater depth.
We record each measurement, writing it on our papers.
Once finished, we head back and recreate the table digitally.

MARBLE BOUNCY BALL TENNIS BALL

10CM

Crater Diameter: 1. 3.3cm 1. 3.3cm 1. 3cm

2. 2cm 2. 3.2cm 2. 7cm

3. 3cm 3. 3.3cm 3. 5.5cm

MARBLE BOUNCY BALL TENNIS BALL

Crater Depth: 1. 0.2cm 1. 0.8cm 1. 0.1cm

2. 0.3cm 2. 0.7cm 2. 0.5cm

3. 0.5cm 3. 0.5cm 3. 0.2cm

30CM

Crater Diameter: 1. 3.6cm 1. 4.3cm 1. 7cm

2. 3.5cm 2. 3.7cm 2. 4cm

3. 3cm 3. 3.6cm 3. 4.2cm

MARBLE BOUNCY BALL TENNIS BALL

Crater Depth: 1. 1cm 1. 1cm 1. 0.1cm

2. 0.8cm 2. 1cm 2. 0.1cm

3. 1cm 3. 0.5cm 3. 0.2cm

Q&A

Why did you carry out multiple trials for each meteorite?
- We did this to get more accurate results.

How did you make sure your measurements were accurate?
- By dropping each ball three times at each centimeters.

What was one control variable (something you kept the same) for this experiment?

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