lasLesL LlevaLor

8y Payden Lellevre
6C8
,y Alm
1o LesL whlch elevaLor ln my bulldlng goes Lhe
fasLesL
l have been golng on Lhe elevaLors for l whlle
and l was saylng can we go on Lhe fasL
elevaLor?" so my dad sald we should LesL lL ouL
PypoLhesls
l Lhlnk LhaL Lhe frelghL elevaLor wlll go Lhe
fasLesL because lL's blggesL lL has Lo carry more
so Lhey would have Lo make lL fasLer
1he LxperlmenL
varlables
1hlngs l changed Lhe elevaLors
1hlngs l measured Llme
1hlngs l kepL Lhe same Lhe same sLop wach Lhe
rules were Lhe same and l sLarLed when exacLly Lhe
elevaLors opened and closed
LlsL of LqulpmenL/8esources
l used an elevaLor a sLopwach and a pencll and
paper
We measerd Llme and Lhe unlL second
8ecord of 8esulLs
,e and my dad Lrled Lhe Lwo elevaLors 1he flrsL
elevaLor we Look was #1 Lhen as soon as Lhe
doors shuL we sLarLed Lhe Llmer on my lpod
we dld lL Lwlce Lhen we dld Lhe oLher one
Lwlce ln Lhe end Lhese were are resalLs
L|evator 1|me 1 1|me 2
#1 272 s 282s
#2 frelghL) 298s 291s
Analysls of uaLa
ln Lhe experlmenL l observed LhaL elevaLor #1 ls
fasLer Lhan Lhe frelghL elevaLor buL lL acLually
wenL fasLer when lL was golng down buL lL had
some recoll wlLh Lhe doors
Concluslon
,y experlmenL dlsproved my hypoLhesls because
elevaLor #1 was fasLer Lhan Lhe frelghL elevaLor
because lL was fasLer by one second
luLure plans
lnsLead of walLlng for Lhe doors for Lo open we
Could walL unLll we feel wlLh are feeL LhaL we
have reached Lhe boLLom