Recording Results in a Table

Lab Brief #5

🎯 Your mission

Run the experiment. Find out what really happens.

⚡ The twist

Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.

What you'll learn

A results table has one column for what you changed and one for what you measured, each headed with its unit. Filling it in as you go rather than afterwards is what stops the numbers getting muddled.

Key words

results table
A grid for recording measurements, with headed columns and units.
heading
The label at the top of a column naming the quantity and its unit.

Make a hypothesis first

Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.

Say your guess out loud — then find out if you were right.

Get ready

🧰 What you need

ball
metre rule
notebook

⚠️ Safety first

Drop the ball over a clear floor and stand back from the bounce.

Step 1 of 4 · Read

Think about what you just learned: say what "results table" and "heading" mean in your own words before you start.

Step 2 of 4 · Do

Drop a ball from five different heights and record bounce height in a table you draw first. Include a unit in every heading and take two repeats at each height.

Step 3 of 4 · Observe

Record what actually happened, including anything that did not match what you expected.

Step 4 of 4 · Record

Write a conclusion that answers the question this lesson opened with, and state your uncertainty.

Question 1 of 2

Units belong in a results table's:

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Question 2 of 2

You should fill in the table:

How sure are you?😐 maybe

Mind = blown

🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.

Nice work!

You got 0 of 2 right.

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