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Making Craters

Learn More About How Craters Are Made

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Equipment Needed
  • Mixing Bowl
  • Baking Pan
  • Flour
  • Water
  • Several round objects of different sizes (BB, Marble, Golf Ball, etc.)
  1. Mix the flour and water in the bowl until it has a soft consistency. (Caution: Don't make it runny.)
  2. Fill the baking pan carefully with the mixture.
  3. Place the pan on a hard surface (Like the ground).
  4. Standing above the pan, drop your round objects into the mixture from different heights.
  5. Carefully remove each one.
  6. Try dropping heavier objects from a lower position and smaller objects from a higher position. Change them around.
Which objects make the biggest craters? Did the height you dropped from make any difference?
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