Pushing Down the Pieces

Ines Solano
EDU 214
Theory in Question:

Which object will knock over the most

pieces? (Jenga and Dominos)
Hypothesis:

 Jenga pieces: We think the car will knock over the most
Jenga pieces and that the ping pong ball and the marble
will only tap the first piece.
 Dominos: We think the car will knock over the most
Domino pieces since the Ping Pong ball is very light and
the marble is so small.
Materials:

For the experiment: To build the ramp:

 Jenga pieces  2 Hot Wheel ramps
 Dominos  1 funnel
 1 Marble  1 empty plastic bottle
 1 Toy car  1 can
 1 Ping Pong ball  Hot glue gun
 Procedure:
Step 1: Build the track
• Cut the bottle to fit the funnel and
the track
• Use the glue gun to attach the
bottle to the can and the funnel
• Attach the track to the bottle
Step 2: Set up the pieces
• Place the contraption on a chair
• Stack the pieces at the end of the
track (25 each)
Step 3: Test the objects
• Drop the first object down the
funnel
• Record the amount of pieces
knocked over
Step 4: Repeat
• Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all the
objects.
• Once you test the objects
using Jenga pieces move on to
Dominos.
Results:

Experiment findings: Number of Pieces Knocked Over

 During this experiment we found Jenga Dominos
that the marble knocked over the

25
most Dominos and the car knocked
over the most Jenga pieces.

19
9

2
1
Ca r B a ll M a r ble
Conclusion:

Initially, we believed that the car would knock over most of both the Jenga pieces
and the Dominos. This was because not only is the car the heaviest item but
because it had wheels. We found that when it came to the Dominos these factors
did not come into play. It was difficult to get the car to stay on track since it was
larger than the other objects. When it came to the Jenga pieces the car was able to
knock over all the pieces proving my hypothesis at least partially right. It brings up
another question; what type of track would be most effective to knock over all the
pieces?