Quantum Club: Rolling for Rutherford
Project #801 on iSENSEProject.org
Description
Background:
The topic: “How do you measure things you cannot ever see?”
Procedure:
Equipment: Marbles glued to a board. About 10 more identical marbles.
From 15 feet, roll marbles at the target marbles under the board. Simply count the number of collisions and record.
Analysis:
Use the formula to calculate the radius of the marbles hidden from the number of collisions and the spacing
Fields
| Name | Units | Type of Data |
|---|---|---|
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Number of collisions
|
marbles
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Number
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Number of total tries
|
marbles
|
Number
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Our Data
Name(s): ______________________________________
Date: _________________________________________
| Number of collisions | Number of total tries |