Hang-Time Poster

Magdalena Murray , Raine Montgomery, Chatman Nichols

Washington Latin Public Charter School
5200 2nd St NW, Washington, DC 20011
Introduction: Data and Analysis:
For this experiment we wanted to see Procedure and Set up:
everyone’s average hang time and
compare it to the the world record. For
our hang time project we used the
equation: y=y0+v0t-1/2gt^2, to find out Figure 1: Tape Figure 2: Jump
what t (time) as we could not measure
the average velocity. During this
experiment, one of the domains that we
met is using appropriate mathematics to Magdalena Chatman Raine World
analyze data in order to answer (avg) (avg) (avg) record
applicable research objectives.
Height of 0.64516 0.860298 0.81745582 1.25 Meters
jump Meters Meters Meters
Hang .455 .526 .51 1.01
Objective: The next step, while keeping time Seconds Seconds Seconds Seconds
First you have to start by finding
Our objective was to find out each of your hand raised is to jump.
the highest point which you can
Jump as high as you can, and
our group members average hang time. reach. you do this by standing
place the tape on the wall, at
To do this we have to calculate the against the wall and put the tape
the highest point you can
as high up as you can.
distance between the two pieces of tape reach.
the first placed at arms length on the
wall, the second placed as high as we
could jump. The difference in the two
tapes was plugging it into the new Figure 3: Measure
equation to calculate the hang time.

Materials: Conclusion:
● Tape We found out that Chatman’s average hang time is
● Meter Stick .526 seconds, Raine’s is .510 seconds, and
● Calculator Magdalena’s is .455 seconds, well below the world
● Computar Finally, we measured the record of 1.25. One of our possible errors that could
distance between the two pieces have occurred is a calculation error, we minimized
of tape in inches, and recorded this error by doing the calculation more than once,
it. because of this we do trust our results.