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 INTRODUCTION
Free fall, a law which its concept was
introduced and invented by Galileo from
experiments that led to finding all objects’
acceleration at the same rate regardless to
objects’ mass. When an object is free-fall it is
moving under the influence of gravitational
force not encountering air resistance and
other forces. All free-falling objects on each
planet with different gravitational force has
different magnitude of acceleration. 
On planet Earth, an object in free fall is
accelerating downward or negatively
depending on the coordinates a person uses
at a rate of 9.8 m/s2. The object accelerates
to its highest speed when it reaches the
ground or lowest point in y-coordinates. One
of the examples of free-falling object is
dropping balls from height to ground. The
balls will reach the ground at the same time
even though they have different mass.
People often misunderstood that objects in
free-fall acceleration will reach the floor at
different time intervals. However, the truth is
that object will touch the floor at the same
moment regardless of whether which is
heavier or lighter.
 OBJECTIVES
In this experiment, we will experiment to
observe free fall between two objects that
have different weight which are ping pong
ball and  tennis ball and see whether weight
affects free fall acceleration or not.

We will conduct the experiment by dropping

 two objects from the fourth floor to the
second floor in the building of our school.
Then, we will record the time when the object
hit the ground, 3 students will record the
time for accuracy. Lastly, we will calculate
for distance, instantaneous velocities, and
time of both objects.
 MATERIALS

3 TENNIS
3 PING PONG BALLS
BALLS

MEASURING
3 TIMERS
TAPE
SET-UP
 PROCEDURES
ASSIGN ROLES
Timer A, Drop ball: Wiphada
Timer B, Take notes: Pongprom
Timer C, Measure the height: Jessica
Ball collector: Walaipan

MEASURE HEIGHT
Measure the height from
the balcony to the ground
with measuring tape and
note down.
DROP THE BALL
Drop the tennis ball and 3
timer separately
record the time until the
ball hit the ground.Write
all timers measurement in
the worksheet

REPEAT THE EXPERIMENT

Repeat the experiment for trail#2
and trail#3. Repeat the experiment
with ping pong ball. Note all
measurement.
CLEAN UP
Bring all balls back
to the laboratory.
 DATA AND RESULTS
Measure height = 9.52 meters

Heavy Object

Light Object

Instantaneous velocity from both objects

 CALCULATIONS
Heavy object - Tennis balls
Distance Difference Percentage (%)
Formula :  Formula :
y = vt +(0.5)gt^2 %= 2(measured-
calculated)/(measured+calculated)*100

Trial 1 : 
y = 0(1.45) +(0.5)(9.8)(1.45)^2 Trial 1 :
y = 0 +10.30225 % difference= 2(9.52-10.30)/(9.52+10.30)*100
y = 10.30 meters % difference = -7.87084 %
% difference = -7.87 %
Trial 2 : 
y = 0(1.50) +(0.5)(9.8)(1.50)^2 Trial 2 :
y = 0 +11.025 % difference= 2(9.52-11.03)/(9.52+11.03)*100
y = 11.03 meters % difference = -14.6958 %
% difference = -14.70 %
Trial 3 : 
y = 0(1.45) +(0.5)(9.8)(1.45)^2 Trial 3 :
y = 0 +10.30225 % difference= 2(9.52-10.30)/(9.52+10.30)*100
y = 10.30 meters % difference = -7.87084 %
% difference = -7.87 %
Total Average : 
y = 0(1.47) +(0.5)(9.8)(1.47)^2 Total Average :
y = 0 +10.58841 % difference= 2(9.52-10.59)/(9.52+10.59)*100
y = 10.59 meters % difference = -10.6414719 %
% difference = -10.64 %

Light object - Ping pong balls

Distance Difference Percentage (%)
Formula :
Formula : %= 2(measured-
y = vt +(0.5)gt^2 calculated)/(measured+calculated)*100

Trial 1 : Trial 1 :
y = 0(1.74) +(0.5)(9.8)(1.74)^2 % difference= 2(9.52-14.84)/(9.52+14.84)*100
y = 0 +14.83524 % difference = -43.67816092 %
y = 14.84 meters % difference = -43.68 %

Trial 2 : Trial 2 :
y = 0(1.67) +(0.5)(9.8)(1.67)^2 % difference= 2(9.52-13.67)/(9.52+13.67)*100
y = 0 +13.66561 % difference = -35.79128935 %
y = 13.67 meters % difference = -35.79 %
Trial 3 : Trial 3 :
y = 0(1.62) +(0.5)(9.8)(1.62)^2 % difference= 2(9.52-12.86)/(9.52+12.86)*100
y = 0 +12.85956 % difference = -29.84807864 %
y = 12.86 meters % difference = -29.85 %
Total Average : 
Total Average :
y = 0(1.68) +(0.5)(9.8)(1.68)^2
% difference= 2(9.52-13.83)/(9.52+13.83)*100
y = 0 +13.82976
% difference = -36.91648822 %
y = 13.83 meters
% difference = -36.92 %
 CALCULATIONS
instantaneous velocities and time

Heavy object Lightobject

Formula : Formula :
x = ut +(0.5)at^2 x = ut +(0.5)at^2
v^2=u^2+2ax v^2=u^2+2ax

When object is midway : When object is midway :

4.76=0t+(0.5)(9.8)t^2 4.76=0t+(0.5)(9.8)t^2
4.76=0+4.9t^2 4.76=0+4.9t^2
t^2=0.9714285714 t^2=0.9714285714
t=0.9856107606 t=0.9856107606
t=0.99 seconds t=0.99 seconds

v^2=02+2(9.8)(4.76) v^2=02+2(9.8)(4.76)
v^2=93.296 v^2=93.296
v=9.658985454 v=9.658985454
v=9.66 m/s v=9.66 m/s

At the time object At the time object

hit the ground : hit the ground :
9.52=0t+(0.5)(9.8)t^2 9.52=0t+(0.5)(9.8)t^2
9.52=0+4.9t^2 9.52=0+4.9t^2
t^2=1.942857143 t2=1.942857143
t=1.393864105 t=1.393864105
t=1.39 seconds t=1.39 seconds

v^2=02+2(9.8)(9.52) v^2=02+2(9.8)(9.52)
v^2=186.592 v^2=186.592
v=13.65986823 v=13.65986823
v=13.66 m/s v=13.66 m/s
 ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
Analyzing from the data results, the
measurements made from the calculations of
heavy objects are more accurate than the light
object. The results including calculated height,
time, and instantaneous velocity of heavy
object has less percentage of difference
comparing to the light object’s calculation.
Nonetheless, this occurs because of timing
mistakes and effects from the important natural
factors, such as wind, air resistance, weight,
and mass. However, in real-life scenario, there
are factors that will not support free-fall and
can cause to have some faults in measurements.
Moreover, there is also a lack of accurate timing
measurements which affects the calculation of
height and time.
In this experiment, wind, air resistance, and
weight are the factors that affected the results.
This can cause misconceptions of free-fall
because the objects did not reach the ground at
the same time, which contrast to the free-fall
theory which stated that any object regardless
of all factors except gravitational force will
accelerate and touch the ground at the same
time.
 CONCLUSION
As we see in the results, both objects did not
hit the ground at the same time, so neither of
them is in absolutely free fall. Free fall is the
motion when air resistance and other factors
were negligible or not affect the object. But
in real life, like in the experiment, many
factors were affecting the objects ,especially
air resistance, that make different objects
fall at different times.

RECOMMENDATION
In the experiment, we found some problems
that should be solved which is timekeeping.
During the experiment that we have to time
when the ball will reach the ground, the time
that we got are all different so the result
were not as expected. We will try to solve and
improve this problem by making it more
precise and accurate in other experiment.
 WORK LOG

measure with a
measuring tape, book
JESSICA cover, layout, material,
procedure

collector, setup,
PONGPROM recommendation, work
log

drop balls, introduction,

WALAIPAN calculation, analysis,
reference

take note, objective,

WIPHADA data and results,
conclusion
 REFERENCES
Tom Henderson. (n.d). Lesson 5
: Free Fall and the Acceleration
of Gravity. Introduction to Free
Fall.
https://www.mwit.ac.th/~physi
cslab/applet_04/physics_classro
om/Class/1DKin/U1L5a.html
Annenberg Foundation. (2016).
Free Fall.
https://www.learner.org/exhibit
s/parkphysics/freefall.html