Investigating the Stability of Blocks
Planning
I am going to investigate the stability of blocks by placing them on
to a board and raising it until they fall.
The evidence I will need to collect is: the height and centre of mass
for each block and the angle at which they fall.
I will need to use five regular blocks, the board I will use to raise
the blocks must be flat and level and likewise so must the surface I
am working on.
I will use my scientific knowledge of center of mass to predict at
what point the block will fall over. I will raise the board until the
block falls over and then I will record the angle at which it falls. I
will vary the height of the block each time, everything else should
remain the same. I must make sure that the table and board are flat. I
can do this using a level. I will need to take into account that the
angle will vary each time due to human error. I will tip each block
three times and the average out my results. This way the chance of a
large human error is reduced and the results will be more accurate
than just one single try. I predict that the tallest block will fall
over at the acutest angle.
I will use the idea of centre of mass in this experiment. I know that
when the centre of mass is outside the base of an object it will fall
over. So the lower the centre of mass is to the ground, the more
stable it will be. This is why I predict that the tallest block will
fall over at the acutest angle.
I will raise the board up slowly; making sure it is rising at an even
pace. I will use trigonometry to calculate the angle at which the
block falls.
I will use the formula Sin-1 = O÷H.
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