I’m just patting myself on the back here for predicting the cup would get knocked over. That shouldn’t count. You want the ball in the cup—what use is a knocked over cup and ball on the ground.
Do you have more things like this? I would participate or run one
I’m just patting myself on the back here for predicting the cup would get knocked over. That shouldn’t count. You want the ball in the cup—what use is a knocked over cup and ball on the ground.
Do you have more things like this? I would participate or run one
I’m interested in similar exercises that could be run. Brainstorming:
I’ve positioned the ramp, now you set up the cup. (Or possibly, I’ve set up the ramp and the cup, you decide where to drop from.)
Drop this magnet through this coil from the correct height to generate a particular peak current.
How long will a marble take to go through this marble run?
This toy car has a sail on it. Mark on the floor with tape where you think it will stop, after I turn this fan on to full power.
I think these all have various problems compared to the original, but might be okay as starting points. Some things I like about the original:
The thing you’re predicting has only one degree of freedom.
Success or failure marked by an actual physical event (not just looking at the output of an ammeter for example).
Super important: the experimental setup actually does turn out to give reproducible results.