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Inquiry Lab
PROBLEM
Design an experiment to demonstrate the effect
of a collision on total momentum of the objects
Involved and/or to test the conservation of momentum theorem.
Purpose Section:
STATE YOUR HYPOTHESIS
Make a prediction on the effect of some condition on the total momentum
before and after a collision. You choose the nature of the investigation. A
good rule of thumb is to make your hypothesis/prediction fit the if ____ then
___ format. If you vary the independent variable then the dependent variable
will do what?
Methods Section:
Results Section:
Conclusions Section:
COMPARE
1. Were any of the results NOT what you expected?
2. Which of your pre-lab ideas have you decided are now incorrect? Why?
3. Did the data support your original hypothesis?
4. If not, what hypothesis does the data support?
PERSUADE
1. What conclusion(s) did you reach due to the results of this experiment?
2. What evidence supports your conclusion(s)?
3. Are your results reliable? How did you compensate for sources of error in
the
experiment?
4. What predictions are you able to make, based on your conclusion(s)?
5. Can you test the predictions? If so, do results agree with your
conclusion(s)?
6. What new problems/questions does the experiment bring up?
7. Are there any other investigations you could do?
RELATE
1. What are some possible applications of your conclusions to the real world
situations?
2. Do the results of your experiment fit any laws/theories of physics?