The Mad Scientist / Using the Scientific Method

 Well, he's not completely mad, 

 he just has a strange fashion sense

(or he's low on socks).

So, here's Lu's final project for this year's introduction to

The Scientific Method...

(everything in italics is written by Lu)

 Question:

 How will the height at which you drop a ball 

affect how high it bounces?

(I helped a little with the wording on this one)

Observation/Research:

I have observed that 

if you drop a rubber ball it will bounce.  

(Mama giggles...)

 Hypothesis:

My hypothesis is that it will bounce a lot more 

each time you drop it at a higher spot.

(there are markers on the wooden post, every 25 cm.) 

 

Lu tested dropping the ball from 4 different heights, 

6 times each, and documented the results.

We calculated the averages 

and, indeed, the ball bounces higher 

when dropped from a greater height.

 

Time to type it up....

 

Just between you and me: I'm relieved to be done with the Scientific Method for a while. I really have a hard time and little patience with the whole thing, not exactly sure why. Next year, we'll be studying famous scientists and their contributions, reading about evolution, and watching science videos - and I love the sound of all of that. We'll come back to the dogforsaken SM later on, when Lu is a bit older. But I guess the exposure was good, and he (strangely) enjoyed it.