Newton’s Cradle(Note: make a copy of this document)

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 Testing Criteria Results (5pts each)
Pull one marble back to a 45 deg. angle and It hits the other marble in line which sends
release energy to the other ones. The marbles
finally stop hitting each other and just
swing softly.
Pull two marbles back to a 45 deg. angle and It hits the middle marble which hits the
release two on the other side. The two marbles on
the other side bounce together mirroring
how i originally dropped the first to
marbles. The middle one barely moves
and does not bounce out to the sides very
hard.
Pull one marble back on both sides to a 45 When I drop the marbles on each side at
deg. angle and release the same time, the energy just keeps
hitting the marbles and they bounce out at
the same time, not every other. The three
other marbles in the middle stay in
roughly the same place throughout.
Pull two marbles back on both sides to a 45 The four marbles, when dropped at the
deg. angle and release same time, hit the middle marble and
bounce off of it. Just like the former test,
the four marbles bounce at the same

Pull one marble back to roughly 80 deg. angle On my first attempts, it went a little wild,
and release
Pull one marble back on both sides to roughly
80 deg. angle and release
time. The middle marble just stays in
roughly the same place.
but once I got the string tightly pulled
back at the right angle, it worked. The
marble on the other side bounced a lot
farther and it took a bit longer for the
marbles to come to a stop/sway.
It took a bit to get there, but it finally got to
the point where the marbles would
bounce off each other. They hit the other
marbles and bounced off at the same
time. It took longer to die out, but it finally
died out.