Recently in science we completed the soaring straws lab. During the lab we had to use G.P.E and E.P.E. The relationship between these two are that they both have potential energy. One uses gravity while the other one uses elastic. During the process we had to pull back a straw attached to a rubber band and let go. The straw then launched in the air until it either hit the ceiling or stopped and came down. The E.P.E was used when using the rubber band to pull back the straw increasing its power. Once launched the straw had Kinetic energy. Once it reached its top point before coming back down it stops for a single second which is where G.P.E is shown.
Our first row of data in the chart was false. We misread the directions and came out with the wrong results. During the lab my friends were fooling around and I was shot with the straw from a very close distance. I started to bleed right by my eye. This shows that the energy of the straw was very powerful since it hurt and started to bleed. Other than these few errors we got the lab done successfully. A few suggestions would be that next time we should have more room for the straws to go higher and more space for everyone so no straws would be lost and no one would be hurt.
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