Week 5 Lab/Lecture

Week 5 Lab/Lecture

The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did?

The big question we addressed in this week's lab was 'How can we design a safe and durable playground surface?' We did an egg drop test with different sets of materials.

Description of what we did in the lab?

In the lab, we did an egg drop experiment with multiple materials; sand, rubber turf chips, and hay. First, my group decided to put sand in the bottom of the bowl and then hay, we dropped from 1 meter. The egg did crack but didn't crack open. We then decided to change what we had in our bowl. We switched it to rubber turf chips on the bottom then hay on top. We dropped from one meter and it survived. Then we did two meters and it survived. We concluded that the rubber turf chips provide a safe and bounce like when a kid falls. It will provide a safety aspect for a playground.

A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture.

In Thursday's lecture, we took our physics exam.

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Week 6

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week 8

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Week 7

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