Our class had to predict where an inflated balloon would land when it is released. When I did the horizontal launch (the opening of the balloon facing me) I had plenty of different measurements. The closest my balloon got to the target was 184 cm. away. My worst was 604 cm. When I did the vertical launch (the opening of the balloon was facing down) my closest was 80cm. The farthest I got was 400cm. The steps you take are simple. You blow up the balloon, then you let go of it and see where it lands. Then, you measure how many centimeters the balloon was away from the TARGET sign. What I learned from this experiment was that no matter what kind of experiment you do, science is and always will be unpredictable. Something easy about this experiment was measuring the balloon to the TARGET sign. Something hard was trying to land your balloon where you wanted it too. I think teachers should do this because it is a good experiment and a good way to prove that science is unpredictable.
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