This project is for groups of two. 

1. Take a video of a ball bouncing with a meter stick installed vertically for measurement (meter preferred). If you use a slow motion camera, you will need to adjust your time data accordingly.
2. Use a spreadsheet to record two columns (time and vertical distance from zero). Zero is the ground surface. Use Desmos or paper.
3. Graph each of the three tables of data, one for each bounce (x-axis is time, y-axis is height).
4. Regress the data to show an equation for each bounce (see example). If using paper, estimate parabolas for each graph.
5. Question: Make a list of the physical forces which affect a bouncing ball (include a diagram).
6. High school students will model a bouncing ball with Desmos, Code.org or MakeCode.com.
7. Take photos of your group working together.
8. Obtain and provide a Peer Review.

Submission

Submit as PowerPoint or Word Document (do not include video).

1. Data and graph for three bounces of same ball
2. Response to question
3. Peer Review

Resources

• Example Data
• Example Graph
• Free Fall Physics
• Falling Ball
• Perfect Bouncing Ball in a Sphere
• Stacked Ball Drop
• Equation for distance from gravitational acceleration