Introduction (Equations and Domains):

For this lab, we set out to determine if the surface a popper toy is popped off of affects the
height it reaches. Throughout the planning process, we met Course Domain II by crafting three
specific procedures to test our hypothesis and answer our research question. After we collected
our data, we met Course Domain III by applying multiple equations to analyze it and answer the
lab objective. We also met Cou

Variables
What stayed the same during the procedure was the person popping the popper and where it
was popped. The independent variable was the change of the surface, and the dependent
variable was the height of the popper.

Hypothesis/ Objective
We wanted to see if launching off of a more curved surface would affect the popper's height. We
hypothesized that on the basketball, the height might be ¾ of its original height, and on the
wiffleball it might be ½ of its original height.

Materials
- Wiffle ball
- Mini basketball
- Surprised popper toy
- Meter tape on door
- Meter stick

Procedures

Normal:
1) Put the popper on the ground closest to the measuring tape on the wall.
2) Push down your popper as far as you can without your hands hitting the top of the
popper (USE BOTH YOUR HANDS)
3) Videotape the popper popping
4) Observe where the popper popped in the video and record it in your data table.
5) Repeat steps 1-4

Mini basketball
1) Measure the height of the basketball with a meter stick.
2) Put the basketball on the floor in front of the measuring tape
3) Make sure the popper is on top of the basketball and centered
4) Have someone else hold the popper down all the way and launch
5) Videotape the launches
6) Observe where the popper popped in the video and record it in your data table.
 7) Repeat steps 2-6 until you have 5 sets of data

Wiffle:
1) Measure the wiffle ball with a meter stick
2) Line up the wiffle ball against the wall with a measuring tape.
3) Place the popper toy on center of the wiffle balls top
4) Have someone hold the wiffle ball (keep hands out of the way
though)
5) Have a different person push down the popper and launch it
6) Video tape the launches
7) Observe where the popper is popped in the video.
8) Record you data in your data table
9) Repeate steps 1-8 until you have 5 sets in your data table

Data analysis:
Error analysis:
I trust our data to a certain extent; however, there could have been
some errors in our process. When we decided to change the curvature of
the launching surface, the balls we launched off of were not made of the
same material. The basketball had a more abrasive surface and was not
inflated to its full capacity. Furthermore, when we launched off of the wiffle
ball, we had a couple outliers where it popped irregularly high compared to
the other trials. With a standard deviation or 0.25 compared to 1.16 and 1.11
for the other surfaces, our data varied a lot more, and this could be
because the wiffle ball had a different abrasivity level than the basketball
and had holes in its surface, which could have allowed for more airflow
affecting it’s final pop height and giving us more outliers and possible
inaccurate data.

Conclusion:
In conclusion, I think our data was accurate to a certain extent.
Although we had some outliers, our data follows a common trend of the
pop height, acceleration, pop force, and velocity all decreasing as the
curvature of the bounce surface increases. Looking at our data, it is logical
to make the conclusion that the popper in specific and possibly any
material will pop higher, with more force, and faster when the surface it
bounces off of is flatter. This may be because the force distribution is more
equal, but we may not be able to confirm that conclusion until we test more
surfaces and objects.