Thoughts of a Third Grader

I am doing a project at school called a Science Board.  We have to use stick-on letters that are one inch tall.  You have to trace your title.  My title is “Batter’s Blast.”  The boards have graphics on them.  That is what Science Boards are. 

Here is a what I have on my Science Board:

Procedure:

1. Gather a wooden bat, a metal bat, 5 numbered major league baseballs and a measuring wheel.

2. Go to an open field with a parent or buddy who can pitch the ball to you.

3. Hit a ball five times with the wooden bat and measure the distance of each hit using the measuring wheel.

4. Record the distances for the wooden bat.

5. Hit a ball five times with the metal bat and measure the distance of each hit using the measuring wheel.

6. Measure the distance that each ball traveled and record the distances.

7. Record the distances for the metal bat.

8. Repeat the experiment 5 times.

9. Prepare a graph of your results.

Findings:  The average distance that I hit the baseball with a wooden bat was 96.3 feet.  The average distance that I hit the baseball with a metal bat was 90.6 feet.

Conclusion: My hypothesis was correct. The wooden bat hit the major league baseball farther than the metal bat.

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