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Lab 2 Popper Force Write-Up

1) The students aimed to discover the force required to lift a popper to its maximum height and to change that force without modifying their procedure. 2) Their hypothesis was that stacking additional poppers would reduce the speed by increasing weight, but the data showed stacking increased the lifting force while decreasing speed and acceleration. 3) The average lifting force increased from 0.778N for one popper to 1.21N for three stacked poppers, while velocity and acceleration decreased with additional weight.

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Lab 2 Popper Force Write-Up

1) The students aimed to discover the force required to lift a popper to its maximum height and to change that force without modifying their procedure. 2) Their hypothesis was that stacking additional poppers would reduce the speed by increasing weight, but the data showed stacking increased the lifting force while decreasing speed and acceleration. 3) The average lifting force increased from 0.778N for one popper to 1.21N for three stacked poppers, while velocity and acceleration decreased with additional weight.

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Levi Anderson-White, Owynn Black, Ahmad West-Bey, Bruk Addis, Musa Abbas

Mr. Keller
Zeta
Friday, Dec 16, 2022

Lab 2: Popper Force

Introduction

In Lab 2: Popper Force, our lab question was “what is the force required to lift an object
to its maximum height?” and “what can change that force?” The objective of Lab 2 was to
discover the force required to lift a popper, to its maximum height. Secondly, we aimed to
change that force in some way without modifying our procedure. In order to calculate our
results, we used a variety of equations. To calculate our velocity for each pop, we used the
equation Vp= √ ❑, to calculate our acceleration, we used the equation √ ❑ , and to calculate our
❑
force pop we used Fp=m(g+ a). Using these equations, and throughout the entire lab
(including this write-up), we met multiple course domains for physics. We communicated within
a scientific framework by writing and organizing a formal lab write-up, we designed and
executed an investigation by designing experimental procedures to answer our research
objective, carefully considering potential sources of error in experimental design
Identifying, and recording manipulated, controlled, and responding variables. We used
mathematics and computational thinking by: identifying and transcribing appropriate physics
equations as they apply to a given situation, identifying and substituting values for individual
variables, and using techniques in algebra, geometry, and trigonometry to solve algebraic
equations for desired variables.

Variables

● Vmax=0
● Vp=?
● Vo=0
● Yp=Popper
● Yo=0
● A=?
● Ymax =heights

Hypothesis/Objective

Our hypothesis was that we believed we could reduce the speed of the popper by
stacking another popper on another. We believed this because by stacking another popper, we
added to the weight of the entire “popper” (if we consider every popper stacked as one popper).
We predicted that as we add more weight (more poppers), the height that the entire popper
popped would decrease. For example, we predicted that if you add another popper to the
original popper, the pop with the two stacked poppers would decrease from the original pop with
one popper. We believed this predicted trend would continue when you stack the third popper,
the fourth, and so on. Our main objective was to change the force required to lift the popper in
some way without modifying our original procedure.

Materials

● Three Poppers (each nine centimeters tall)


● One Phone (to record each “pop,” and our procedure)
● One Roll of Measuring Tape (taped vertically to the wall)
● One Small Scale (to weigh our poppers)

Procedure

1. We measured the height of one popper.


2. We went out into the hallway.
3. We placed the popper on the ground while one person prepared to record the pop on
their phone.
4. They began to record.
5. The other person pressed down on the popper, holding the side of it, not the two.
6. Pressing down as hard as possible, they eventually released, quickly removing their
fingers from the popper, and without obstructing its vertical trajectory.
7. The person recording would stop the recording.
8. They would click edit on the top right of their screen.
9. They would scroll frame by frame to see exactly when the popper stopped its upwards
momentum.
10. They would zoom in to see where on the measuring tape the popper stopped.
11. They would put that number into our google sheet, where we would enter all of our date.
12. Steps 3-11 would be completed 4 more times.
13. We stacked another popper on our original popper.
14. We measure the height of the two poppers stacked.
15. We completed steps 2-11 4 more times.
a.
Bruk holding the side of the popper before
letting go and launching it.
16. We stacked another popper on our two poppers.

a.
Here are the three poppers
are stacked onto each other.
17. Steps 3-11 would be completed 4 more times.

Data and Analysis

Our Data + Calculations:

● To calculate velocity: Vp= √ ❑


● To calculate acceleration:
√❑
❑
● To calculate force pop (N): Fp=m( g+ a)
Average Force Pop (Force Pop 1 = one popper, force pop 2 = 2 poppers, force pop 3 = three
poppers)

Error Analysis
{What errors existed in the lab, how did you minimize that error, do you trust your data}
The most common error in our Lab 2: Popper Force was the inconsistency of measuring how
far the popper was continuing its vertical movement. For example, when we would “edit” the
video to where exactly the popper began to fall downwards due to gravity, we could have, and
most likely did, make an error. We easily could have missed the actual measurement by a
couple centimeters or millimeters. In order to reduce this potential error, we would always
double or triple-check what measurement we got. Secondly, each member of our group would
each get our own measurements, and then we would compare each of our measurements in
order to use the most accurate one. Although we are aware of the potential errors, we trusted
our data to be accurate to the centimeter.

Conclusion

In Lab 2: Popper Force, our lab question was “what is the force required to lift an object to its
maximum height?” and “what can change that force?” The objective of Lab 2: Popper Force was
to discover the force required to lift a popper, to its maximum height. Secondly, we aimed to
change that force in some way without modifying our procedure. After performing our lab and
analyzing our data, we found that the data did not support our hypothesis. Our hypothesis was
that we believed we could reduce the speed and force pop of the popper by stacking another
popper on another. The data showed that by stacking poppers (adding more weight) did reduce
the acceleration and velocity of the popper, but the force pop increased as we added more
weight. Our average force pop increased as we added more weight, and our average velocity
and acceleration decreased as we added more weight. The average force pop 1 was
0.7781886N, for force pop 2 it was 9660114N, for force pop 3, it increased to 1.21046072N.

{Hint: Check the lab report notes for the FIVE parts of a good conclusion}

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