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    This document provides instructions for an activity to calculate the height of a building by dropping a ball from the top and timing how long it takes to reach the ground. Students will use a stopwatch operated by a classmate to time the fall and then apply the physics formula h=1⁄2gt^2 to determine the height based on the timing. They will also calculate the ball's velocity when it hits the ground and compare the experimental height result to the actual height measured with a string.

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    This document provides instructions for an activity to calculate the height of a building by dropping a ball from the top and timing how long it takes to reach the ground. Students will use a stopwatch operated by a classmate to time the fall and then apply the physics formula h=1⁄2gt^2 to determine the height based on the timing. They will also calculate the ball's velocity when it hits the ground and compare the experimental height result to the actual height measured with a string.

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    This document provides instructions for an activity to calculate the height of a building by dropping a ball from the top and timing how long it takes to reach the ground. Students will use a stopwatch operated by a classmate to time the fall and then apply the physics formula h=1⁄2gt^2 to determine the height based on the timing. They will also calculate the ball's velocity when it hits the ground and compare the experimental height result to the actual height measured with a string.

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    This document provides instructions for an activity to calculate the height of a building by dropping a ball from the top and timing how long it takes to reach the ground. Students will use a stopwatch operated by a classmate to time the fall and then apply the physics formula h=1⁄2gt^2 to determine the height based on the timing. They will also calculate the ball's velocity when it hits the ground and compare the experimental height result to the actual height measured with a string.

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    Activity Title : DROP ME BABY!

    Learning Targets: Record the time for the ball to reach the ground; and Calculate the height of a building;

    Materials Needed:
    Stopwatch
    Ball (e.g. tennis ball, sepak takraw, etc.)
    Long string

    Procedure:

    1. Look for a tall building in your school. Drop the tennis ballfrom the tall building.
    2. Using the stopwatch, ask your classmate to record the time it takes the ball to reach the ground. Record your data.
    3. Calculate the height covered by the ball using the formula h=½ agt2(since vi = 0)

    4. Using the data from the table, calculate the final velocity of the ball using the formula vf = at since vi = 0. Try also
    calculating final velocity using the formula vf = √2agh and compare your answers.
    5. Using a very long string, get the actual height of the building.

    Questions:

    1. What is the velocity of the ball just before it hits the ground?

    2. How will you compare the actual heightof the building from the result of the experiment?

    3. What is the percentage error?

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