1. IBSE -- Inquiry Skills Training.....Activity Sheet
1. Fix a strip of paper 50cm long and 20cm wide to the wall.
2. A member of your group should drop a ball from a height of 50cm. Another
member of your group should mark the height of the first bounce on the strip
of paper.
3. Repeat so that each member of your group has marked the height three.
Q1....Are the marks all in the same place? Why?
Q2....Put a metre rule against the strip of paper. What is the height of the lowest
and the heighest bounce?
Q3.. If the ball is dropped again what height do you think it will bounce? Why have
you chosen the height?
Q4..What height would you have suggested after only one test?
Q5...What height would best represent the height to whick the ball bounced? Why?
Q6...What will you do to help make your results reliable in your investigation?
Q7...How accurate were your measurements of the bouncing ball? Why?
Q8...How could you make them more accurate?
Q9...How will you make your measurements accurate in your investigation?
