Center of Gravity Poster
Sarah Schifferle, Madeline Sickel, Sophia Smith, Lucia Claire, and Cate Shepherd
Introduction:
For this experiment we found the
center of gravity of students in our
classroom touching their toes with
their feet as close to the wall as
possible. We also found its
correlation—or lack thereof—with
one’s leg length to height ratio. We
managed to meet several course
domains such as “Designing and
executing investigations” by
collecting and analyzing data, and
“Using mathematics and
computational thinking” when
calculating the averages and
standards deviation of our data.
Hypothesis:
The larger the ratio of leg length to
height, the higher the center of
gravity.
Null Hypothesis:
The ratio of leg length to height
does not affect center of mass
Data:
Materials:
● Measuring tape
● Wall
● Meter stick
Washington Latin Public Charter School
5200 2nd St NW, Washington, DC 20011
Figure 1: Figure 2: Analysis:
Measure Reach
This photo depicts Sophia
reaching down to her toes.
This photo shows us
measuring our hip to leg
This helps us find the center
of gravity. If she’s too far from
length to find how it affects
the center of gravity.
the wall her center of gravity
won’t be over the base.
Conclusion: hi
Figure 3: Measure the Reach Along with data collected in other classes
(thank you Beta and Epsilon periods!) we
found that one’s leg length to height ratio
does not affect one’s center of gravity, despite
our previous expectations. Neither of our
hypotheses were proven to be correct
because we did not have enough data. Some
This photo shows us measuring how far Madeliner was
able to reach down without falling forward. of the data showed upward trends while the
other data showed downward trends. If there
was any error it would be in the original
measurements, since some groups may have
measured differently from other groups. This
made it so neither our null hypothesis nor our
hypothesis could be proven true.