Center of Gravity Lab

Austen Jefferson, Nora Durcan, Catherine Paci, Liam Anglin, Justine Thomas
Washington Latin Public Charter School 5200 2nd St NW, Washington, DC 20011

Background and Research objective: find a

Domains: variable between people that
could accurately predict their
We communicated center of gravity.
within a scientific
framework, by Materials: humans, measuring
creating a clear tapes, and computers.
graph.
Data Analysis: The graph clearly
Hypothesis: shows the correlation between
The higher the leg leg-to-torso ratio and what height
to torso ratio, the the center of gravity is. Those with a
ratio above 0.6 had a center of mass
lower the center of
around 8. The center of mass for
gravity. those with ratios below 0.58 was a
little over 5.
Null Hypothesis: Conclusion: Our hypothesis was that
The torso to leg if you have a higher torso to leg ratio
than you will have a higher center of
ratio does not mass. Our hypothesis was correct
affect the center Figure 1: Justine Figure 2: Justine is
because the people with the lowest
is measuring her measuring Nora’s
of gravity. center of mass. height.
ratio had an average of 5.24cm and
the people with the highest ratio had
and average of 8.18cm.