Watermelon Implosion Lab

Analysis Questions

1. What was being measured in our experiment?

2. What was your experimental design?
i. Independent variable:
ii. Dependent variable:
iii. Control
iv. Sample size
3. Why was the watermelon not your control?
4. How many rubber bands did it take to implode
the watermelon?
5. What types of data were collected during our
lab? Give examples of each from your lab sheet.
6. What did you find interesting when comparing
your data with other lab groups?
SAMPLE DATA

Figure 1:

Circumference of Watermelon
48
Circumference of watermelon in mm.

47
46
45
44
43
42
41
40
0 50 100 150 200 250
Number of #22 Rubberbands applied to watermelon in increments
of 50

Figure 1 represents the change in circumference measured in mm due to the change in the number of
#22 rubber bands added to the watermelon overtime.

Figure 2:

# of Rubberbands it takes to explode a

watermeloon
160
Number of Rubberbands

140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4
Group Number

Figure 2 shows a comparison of the number of size 22 rubber bands it took group 1, group 2, group 3
and group 4 to add to the group’s watermelon in order to make it implode.