Marble Experiment Kinetic Energy

You can expand the experiment by building a set of roller coaster tracks with various loop sizes.

Marble experiment kinetic energy.

Potential energy is the energy that is stored in an object. Another example is a marble teetering at the top of a marble run. As the marble rolls down the hills the potential energy turns into kinetic energy energy of motion. This kinetic energy was then transferred to the milk carton which caused it to also move.

In this experiment we positioned a marble ball on a wooden roller coaster positioned on a physics stand in the sixth hole. Potential energy is the energy that is stored in an object. Additionally the heavier and larger the marble is the more potential energy it would have the faster it would travel and the further the milk carton would move. For example how much kinetic energy is required for a marble to successfully navigate a loop in the track.

How does the kinetic energy requirement change when the loop diameter increases. Kinetic energy is the energy of an object in motion. Give each group one marble and have them find its mass on a balance explain the goal of the experiment to figure out which factors affect the marble s velocity and kinetic energy review how to calculate velocity using projectile motion equations provide equation for kinetic energy. Even my 2 year old was completely enamored with the marble run.

Another example is a marble teetering at the top of an inclined plane. As the kinetic energy of the marble increases the potential energy of the marble decreases. Kinetic energy is the energy of an object in motion. How much kinetic energy is required for various track features.

In order for the marble run to work the initial hill has to be the tallest hill. 6 what percentage of the marble s energy is left at the end of the roller coaster just before it stops. An example of potential energy is a stretched out rubber band the farther you stretch it the more potential energy it has. He played with it for days.