First Name: | Sirius |
Age: | 9 |
Experiment Title: | What is the best way to throw: Wrist flick or no Wrist flick? |
What was the purpose of your experiment? Provide a brief description of what you were hoping to learn, discover, or study.: | I was wondering what is the best way to throw. |
What was your hypothesis?: | It would be with the Wrist flick. |
What materials did you use in your experiment? List them all.: | Tennis ball, big open space. |
What procedure was followed? Provide a brief description of the steps you followed during your experiment.: | I threw the tennis ball with no wrist flick. Then, I threw it with a wrist flick. To be fair, I didn’t move my feet in both of them. |
What were the results of your experiment?: | Wrist flick went much further. |
What is your conclusion after conducting the experiment? Was your hypothesis correct or incorrect?: | My hypothesis was correct, Wrist flick went much further. |
Spend a few minutes learning about the scientific principles involved in your experiment. Write 3-4 sentences about what you learned and how it relates to your experiment.: | Distance in this experiment is the equivalent of of speed in a tennis serve. It makes a big difference. That quick wrist flick gives a sudden boost to racket head speed and more speed in the racket head translates to more speed in the serve. |
Lab Report: What is the best way to throw: Wrist flick or no Wrist flick?