Station

6: Craters
Trial

Diameter in cm
of crater for
marble dropped
from 20 cm

Diameter in cm
of crater for
marble dropped
from 40 cm

Name:_________________________________ Block:__________
Diameter in cm
of crater for
marble dropped
from 80 cm

Force and Motion Stations

Station 1: Magnetism
Trial

Distance large
magnet (cm)

Distance small
magnet (cm)

3
Questions: Answer the questions using COMPLETE sentences.

1. Does the size of the magnet affect its strength?

Questions: Answer the questions using COMPLETE sentences.

1. What marble seemed to cause the deepest crater?

2. What part of the magnet seems stronger? Is it the middle or the

2. What marble made the crater with the largest diameter?

ends?

3. Is magnetic force a push, pull, or both? Explain your answer.

3. What force is causing the marble to drop?

Station 3: Varying Mass

Mass in grams of the car
Mass in grams of the car with
washers

Trial

Station 4: Varying Heights

Trial

Distance (cm) the

marble pushes the
cup with 1 book

Distance (cm) the

marble pushes the
cup with 2 books

Distance (cm) of the

car with washers

Distance (cm) of the

car without washers

Questions: Answer the questions using COMPLETE sentences.

1. How does height affect how far the marble pushes the cup?
Questions: Answer the questions using COMPLETE sentences.
1. How does mass affect how far the car pushes the card?



2. What is the force pulling the car down the ramp?



3. What is the variable in this experiment?



4. What are some constants in this experiment?

2. What force is pulling the marble down?

3. What is the variable in this experiment?


4. What are some constants in this experiment?

5. Why does a scientist need to use more than one trial for an

experiment?

Station 2: Friction
Prediction: I think that the (wood / sandpaper / foil) will have the most
friction because ______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________.
Trial

Force in
Newtons for
sandpaper

Force in
Newtons for
wood

Force in
Newtons for
foil

Station 5: Pulley
Hypothesis: It will take (more / less) force to lift the can 15 cm with a
pulley.
Trial
1
2
3
Average =
Total/3

Force (N) to lift can

without pulley

Force (N) to lift can

with pulley

Questions: Answer the questions using COMPLETE sentences.

Questions: Answer the questions using COMPLETE sentences.

1. What is friction?


2. What surface required the most force to pull the object up the
ramp?


3. What surface had the most friction?

1. Did your data support your hypothesis? Why or why not?

2. How much difference in force was needed between no pulley and
using a pulley?

3. What was the direction of the force to lift the can without the
pulley?

4. What was the direction of the force to lift the can with the pulley?