Reva, Josie, Eliza, Abbey, Maisie

Mr. Keller
Delta
12-16-2022
Popper Lab

Introduction
Lab question: What is the force required to lift an object to its maximum height? What can
change that force?

Equations being used:

𝑉𝑝 = 2𝑔(𝑦 − 𝑦0)
We used the above equation to figure out 𝑉𝑝
2
𝑉𝑝
2𝑦
=𝑎
Because we previously figured out what 𝑉𝑝 is, we could use that information to find the
acceleration.
𝐹𝑝 = 𝑚(𝑎 + 𝑔)
After finding the acceleration we were able to plug in the acceleration and figure out 𝐹𝑝.

Course domains:
I.A. Framing clear and meaningful research objectives
Our introduction and hypothesis are easy to understand and outline the purpose of our lab.
II.C. Identifying and recording manipulated, controlled and responding variables
Our variables are accurate and relative to the lab.
III.D. Creating and interpreting graphical representations of data
Our graph is comprehensible and a visual representation of our lab.

Variables (not graded)

Independent: height of popper
Dependent: diameter of surface
Constants: popping technique, popper itself, measurement

Hypothesis/Objective
If the surface that the popper is bouncing off of has a smaller diameter, then the popper will
bounce lower. We think this because if there is less surface area for the popper to bounce off of,
it won't be able to bounce as high as if all of the popper is touching the surface.
Materials (not graded)
We used one popper, the floor surface, a clementine, an orange, a phone, and a measuring
tape for the lab.

Procedure
{Complete, specific, detailed! I should be able to do exactly what you did. There should be a
least one diagram or picture of your set-up with a picture title and description}
We measured the height that the popper toy jumps in 3-5 separate trials for each different
surface. We started by testing the popper off the floor and recorded the measurements of the
popper as it reached its maximum height. We tested the popper five times off of the floor and
found the average of all the jumps. Then we decided to change the factor of the shape of the
surface the popper was tested on. We used both a clementine and an orange to change the
shape of the surface and repeated our previous procedure to find the height, acceleration, and
force pop on different surfaces.

←Mid procedure
This is an image of our set-up for testing the popper off of the floor. We recorded a video of the
popper’s jump and paused at the correct panel to see the height the popper had reached next to
the measuring tape on the wall.

Data and Analysis

Error Analysis
We did not take the texture or material of the fruits into account, so our data had the possibility
of being slightly incorrect due to an unrecognized aspect of the procedure. We still trust our data
because the probability of a significant change due to texture is small. In addition, we took the
different heights of the fruits into account, making our data more accurate than if we had not
measured the difference in height.

Conclusion
Our hypothesis for this lab was that the smaller that the diameter of the surface the popper was
bouncing off of was, the lower the popper would bounce. Our reasoning behind this was that the
less surface area there was, the less of the popper would be touching the surface, and therefore
it would not bounce as high. Our results supported this hypothesis by proving that the popper
popped the highest off of the surface-level floor: about 1.7 meters off of the floor, bounced the
second lowest off of the orange: 1.15, and bounced least off of the clementine: 0.615. In
conclusion, our hypothesis was correct and our experiment proved with corresponding data,
which demonstrated that the smaller the diameter of the surface that the popper was bouncing
off of was, the lower the popper would bounce.