Statistics Investigations

In our class we had to do some hands on work for maths. We got to build  marble runs and paper planes. We then had to do measuring and male graphs of our results.

Planes

We had to research and make 2 different style paper planes aiming  to make the planes fly as far as possible. Next we had to make a statement on a variable (something e.g. wind)  that might affect flight distance. Next we collected data by trialling each plane and recording the distance it traveled alongside the variable ywe were testing. Then we made graphs on Google Sheets

Marble Runs

We had to make a stable ramp. The ramp could be made using a  wooden metre ruler with a groove down  the middle of it, two metre rulers joined together or other suitable material like cardboard. The ramp needed to remain the same throughout the whole time so we had to be careful not to break it. We put one end of the ramp on books to make a slope and the other end positioned so the marble could roll until it stopped without hitting anything.

We had to roll the marble 20 times, 5 times each at 10cm's, 20cm's 80cms and 90cms. We then had to measure and record the distances the marbles rolled. Last we had to make a graph.

We used heaps of tape and cardboard but it was a fun way to do graphs.