1) Backspin of a ping pong
2) Topspin of a ping pong
3) Best Shooting position of the basketball when shooting
4) Investigate on how the position of the racket effects incoming ball
5) Building a telescope
6) Potato battery
7) How to make a motor and how does a motor work
8) How does a parachute works
We then choose 1 of 8 topics that we think is the best and came up with variables and a hypothesis for the experiment. So here is the table that we made.
Name
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Question
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Independent variable
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Dependent variable
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Controlled variable
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Hypothesis
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Ho Jia wei
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Investigate of angles that can accurately rebound a table tennis ball
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- Angle of the racket
- Position of the racquet
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- Whether the ball can go over the net
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- Position of ball machine
- Height of racquet
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There is a 3D angle at every position that can accurately rebound an incoming table tennis ball.
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Benjamin
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What is the best size for a parachute to work effectively with a weight of 5kg
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Size of parachute
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- If the parachute works effectively
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- Material
- Weight used
- Wind conditions
- Height
- Shape of parachute
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- The bigger the parachute the better it works.
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Darie Chan
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Investigate the best Shooting position of your hands for the basket basketball when shooting
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Shooting position of your hand
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- Did the ball go in the hoop
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Basketball
Distance from the hoop
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The highest shooting position of the basketball would have better results
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Kenneth Kiang
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Investigate on how the tilting of the racquet affects the backspin motion of a ping pong ball
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- Tilting of the racquet
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- Parabola of the trajectory of the ping pong ball
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- Racquet used
- Velocity of ping pong ball
- Type of ping pong ball
- Spin of ping pong ball
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The more a flat racquet is tilted, the lesser hang time the ping pong ball will have.
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