Pinball Wizard: Marbles on a Ramp :)

TRIAL 1

TRIAL 2

TRIAL 3

TRIAL 4

TRIAL 5

AVERAGE

Marble 1

1.70

1.79

1.51

1.96

1.91

1.774

Marble 2

2.12

1.58

2.19

1.78

1.85

2.258

Marble 3

1.77

1.76

1.38

1.70

1.77

1.656

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


 

What did I learn from the experiment?

I learned that friction would slow down the marbles. I also learned that the bigger the marble the faster the marble will go down the ramp. And the steeper the ramp is the more the gravity can pull onto the marble and pull it down even faster. And I also learned that at the beginning of the ramp the marble goes the slowest. In the middle it goes faster and at the end the force it stops it and at the moment the force is me or Landonian.

How can I apply this to my pinball machine

Maybe I could let everybody have three turns and each time I could put books or something under the pinball machine and then the pinball machine would be higher up and so the gravity would pull it down faster and it would be harder to keep the pinball inside of the machine. And it would be kind of scientific to do that I think.

2 thoughts on “Pinball Wizard: Marbles on a Ramp :)

  1. Hi Anna!
    This is my last comment on your blog. 🙁 I will definitely miss reading all of your writing! From your very first draft this year to now, your writing has improved so much! Good luck with the rest of your school year! Have a great Christmas!

    <3
    -Ginny

    • Bye, Ginny! 🙁 Thanks for taking the time to look at my work!! Thank you for being my blog buddy. And thanks for the nice comments and the comments that I should work on this and it made my work a lot better!! 🙂

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