Making Moon Craters

MAKING MOON

CRATERSDoes Height Change the Size

of a Crater?

Our Claim

The height you drop a

marble from changes

the size of the crater

you will make.

EvidenceWe gathered our

supplies and made

craters by dropping a

1 inch marble from

different heights. We

measured the sizes

of the craters we

made.We used flour,

cocoa powder,

meter sticks, and

marbles.

Data CollectionSize of

Marble

Height Size of

crater

What happened?

1 inch From 2dm 4cm wide All of the flour/cocoa

stayed in the box

1 inch From 4 dm 7cm wide Most of the

flour/cocoa stayed in

the box, a small

amount of dust went

out

1 inch From 6 dm 9 cm wide Some flour/cocoa

went out of the box

and there was a dust

cloud.

1 inch From 1 meter 12 cm wide A lot of flour/cocoa

went out of the box.

There was a large

dust cloud.

This is the table we filled out

as we completed our

experiment.

Here is what

some of our

craters looked

like.

ReasoningWe made a line

graph to show

how the height

changes the

crater.

The higher the

height of the

marble, the

bigger the crater.

Graph made using:

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/default.aspx