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Student 2 Work Sample Bungeelab

1) The document describes a bungee lab experiment to determine how many beans can be placed in a cup attached to a bungee before it hits the floor. 2) Data was collected on the height of the cup with increasing numbers of beans, showing that height decreased by about 1-2 cm each time a bean was added. 3) The conclusion is that the hypothesis that 14 beans would cause the cup to hit the floor was not supported, as it took all 30 beans to make it barely not hit the floor, indicating the force required was greater than expected.

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Student 2 Work Sample Bungeelab

1) The document describes a bungee lab experiment to determine how many beans can be placed in a cup attached to a bungee before it hits the floor. 2) Data was collected on the height of the cup with increasing numbers of beans, showing that height decreased by about 1-2 cm each time a bean was added. 3) The conclusion is that the hypothesis that 14 beans would cause the cup to hit the floor was not supported, as it took all 30 beans to make it barely not hit the floor, indicating the force required was greater than expected.

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Name___________________________

Hour______
BungeeLab

Question/Problem
:Howmanybeansyouwillbeabletoputintothecupsothatthebungee
cupcomesasclosetotheflooraspossiblewithouthittingthefloor?

Hypothesis:

Ifthenumberofbeansis14thentheweightofbeansisabigamountbecause14beans
seemslikeitisprettylight.

Variables:
IndependentVariable

DependentVariable

ControlledVariables

NumberofBeans

Heightofcupwithbeans
inside

WeightofCup
LengthonBungee
SizeofCup

Materials:
1slinky
2metersticks
30beans
1paperclip
1papercup
tape
desks
Chromebookorwritingmaterialsandgraphpaper

Setup:
1.) Placethemetersticklevelbetweentwodesks.
2.) Usingthepaperclip,attachthecuptooneendofthespring.
3.) Hooktheotherendofthespringtothemetersticksothatithangsevenlybetweenthetwo
desks.
4.) Measurethedistancefromthebottomofthecuptothefloorwithnobeansinthecup.
distance:____46cm_____(addintodatatable)
5.)Addonebeantothecup.
6.)Afterthecupcomestoastandstill,measurethedistancetotheflooragainandrecordin
table.
7.)Repeatsteps45foreachofthetentrials.

DataTable:

Weight(#ofbeans)
_____Independant______variable
(independentordependent)

Distancetofloor(cm)
_____Dependant______variable

46

46

45

43

42

10

41

12

39

14

38

16

37

18

36

20

34

TylersGraph

AdditionalObservations:
1.)Whenwedidallthebeansitbarelytouchedthegroundanditkeptbouncingupanddown.

2.)Thefartherthebungeewentthemoreshakyitgot.

GraphofData:(CreatewithgraphpaperORwithaGooglespreadsheet).Usea
scatterplot.

Drawthelineofbestfit
Whatwasthedistance(cm)tothefloorbeforeanyweightwasaddedtothecup?Howcan
youtellthisfromyourgraph?

46cmbecauseitshowsat0beansthattheheightis46cmfromtheground.

(optional)Whatistheequationforyourlineofbestfitinslopeinterceptform:

y=__________

Describeinwordshowtodeterminethedistancefromthefloorifyouknowtheweight.

AnalysisofData:(Sameformatyouveusedinthepast)
(Thisiswhereyoudiscusstrendsofyourdatausingdetails.Itshowsyourreaderhowyou
madetheconnectionsbetweenyourdataandwhatitcantellyouaboutyourhypothesis.Its
alsotheplacetomentionanypossiblemistakesorerrors,so
thereaders
knowthat
you
know
aboutthem).

Youcananswerthesepointsbeloworonanotherpaperusingtheclaim,evidence,reasoning
format.
ClaimandEvidence

Incompletesentences,explainthe
relationship
betweenindependentanddependent
variables.Useyourcollecteddata(bothqualitativeandquantitative)tobeyour
evidence.
Whatkindofcorrelationdoesthegraphhaveandhowcanyoutell?
Byabouthowmanycentimetersdoesthedistancetothefloordecreaseevery

timeyouincreasetheweightbyonewasher?
Reasoning:(whytieevidencetoclaim)
ExplainWHYcertaintrends/patternswereseen.Besuretoreferenceyourdata.
Howarepotentialandkineticenergyplayingrolesinthebungeejump?
Howdothefirst(anobjectinmotionstaysinmotionunlessacteduponbyan
outsideforce)andsecondlawofmotion(heavierobjectsrequiremoreforceto
movethesamedistanceaslighterobjects)relatetothislab?

Includeanyerrorsinyourexperiment,theirpossibleeffects,andwaysthoseerrors
canbereducedfornexttime.

ClaimandEvidence
The#ofbeansrelatestotheheightofthecupabovethegroundbecause,themorebeans
youputintothecupthefartherthecupofbeansgoestothefloor.
Eachtimeyouaddabeanitdecreasesabout1centimeterorsometimes2centimeters.

Reasoning:(whytieevidencetoclaim)
Someofthepatternswesawwerethatthefartheryougotwithputtingbeans,themoreshaky
thebungeegot.
Thefirstoneisshownbywhenyouputabeanintothecup,itisshowinganoutsideforcethat
itpushingagainstthecupandmovingthebungee.
Thesecondoneisshownbywhenyouhavemorebeansthatitrequiresmoreforcetopullthe
bungeedownmore.

Conclusion:
Whatweweretryingtofindwashowmanybeansitwouldtaketomakethecuphitthefloor.If
thenumberofbeansneededtomakethecupbarelynothittheflooris14thenthatmeansthe
cupwouldhavetostartclosetothegroundbecauseweneededall30tobarelynothitthe
ground.MydatadidnotsupportmyhypothesisbecauseIwaswayoffwhenIsaiditwouldbe
14anditwasactually30.Ivelearnedthatforcecanbestrongerorweakerthanyouactually
think.

NewQuestion:
Howmanybeanswouldittakeifthebungeewasshorterbutatthesameheight?

Conclusions:

Ina
paragraph
format,
withcompletesentences,
Restatethepurposeofyourexperiment.(Whatwereyoutryingtofind?)

Restateyourhypothesis.
Explainwhetheryourdatasupportedordidntsupportyourhypothesis.
Explainwhatyouvelearnedfromtheexperiment.
Explainhowwhatyouvelearnedcanbeappliedtoreallifeoranewexperiment(maybeyou
haveanewquestionbasedonyourexperiment)

SentenceStartersifyouneedthem
1.Thequestionwehadwas...
2.Ourhypothesiswas:
3.Ourdatadid/didnotsupportourhypothesisbecause:
4.Fromthisexperiment,Ilearned(thiscanbeanidearelatedtoyourquestionoraspecific
partofhowtorunanexperiment):
5.Thisexperimentcanbeappliedtoreallifeby:

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