Science wave lab

Problem: What floating object can move the fastest on a low frequency or on a high frequency?

Materials:

·       Water

·       Ping pong ball

·       Cork

·       Small Styrofoam ball

·       Ruler

·       Small see through aquarium

·       Clay 

PROCEDURE

1. 1.   Fill the aquarium with water 1.5 inches.

2. 2.   Tape a ruler in the front

3. 3.  Get the materials

4. 3.   Have a stop whatch to see how long it takes the material to move 10 cm.

5. 4.   Write down your data 

6. 5.   Use the clay to make a disturbance/waves for the object to move.

7. 6.   Check with the stopwathch how long it takes for the object to move 10 cm

Data

Cork-   Low frequency: 49.6 sec

             High frequency: 11.5 sec

Ping pong ball- Low frequency: 19.2 sec

                            High frequency: 3.4 sec

Small Styrofoam- Low frequency: 31.9 sec

                         High frequency: 2.0 sec

	Cork	Ping Pong Ball	Small Styrofoam Ball
low frequency	49.6	19.2	31.9
High frequency	11.5	3.4	2

Data Analysis:  The cork was the heaviest of all, so it moved the slowest, the ping pong ball was almost the same as the small Styrofoam ball.

Conclusion: I kind of knew that the small Styrofoam ball would have moved the fastest on high frequency, but I didn’t expect the ping pong ball to move the fastest in low frequency. The Styrofoam ball is the lightest of all three objects the second lightest was the ping pong ball, and the cork was the heaviest of all.