Observe and investigate how high a bug-up toy can jump.

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                                                                                27-01-03

Aim:

My aim for this experiment is to observe and investigate how high a bug-up toy can jump. The jump will be measured and for variation I will add plastercine to prove if it will alter the height of the jump.

Method: 

In order to do this experiment I am going to be using one bug-up toy. The reason for this is because it will benefit that the experiment is a fair test rather than changing and using different toys. All you have to do to use the bug-up toy is just simply press down onto it and after a few seconds the bug-up will jump. I will measure the height of the jump by using a meter ruler stick and stood up vertically straight. After a number of results recorded I will then add some plastercine to see whether it turns out that it does affect the weight of the bug-up. It will work when I record it with the plastercine and a sudden change has occurred in its height. I will watch the bug-up jump and record the result of the height that it jumped. This can cause slight problems because if you look at it from a normal view, you may not be able to see where it actually reached, so I must avoid the parallax error.

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Factors affecting the jump height:

There are many factors that I have to come across and have to control. These factors are critical to keeping the experiment a fair test. Although I will be working indoors throughout the experiment it should still be mentioned that weather could affect it.  The shape of the bug-up toy can alter the air resistance thus causing it to go higher or less high. Some bug-up toys tend ...

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