Science Fair Project

The month of November brought along one of Trey's biggest school assignments: creating a science fair project. Last year he did one, but this was the first year he was required to make a poster and show his work at the annual family dinner night.Trey selected to study if the amount of air in a basketball would affect how high the ball would bounce. These were his supplies: basketballs, measuring tape, pump, air pressure gage, paper and pencil.Trey's hypothesis was that the ball with the highest pressure of air would bounce the highest.Rich was the driving force behind the experiment. He went out and bought the pressure gage and assisted while Trey added air to the balls. He helped him with the actual test and record the data. I was the one who helped create the poster. It was a good partnership for all.Rich dropped the ball from 8 feet from the floor. We all watched and stated how high we thought the ball went. Trey held the tape and returned the ball to Rich. We had tested three various air pressures and repeated the drop numerous time and then averaged the numbers.Trey was able to prove his hypothesis was correct. They ball with the most pressure did bounce the highest. Trey created his poster, took it to school and gave an oral presentation in class where he discussed his topic and fielded questions from his classmates about his subject. He got a perfect 55/55.

Here it was on display last night. A job well done. We love you Trey!