You might think that plants and animals have little in common with batteries, springs, or slingshots, but they actually do have something in common. Both living and non-living things store and transfer energy from one form to another. In this physics science fair project, you'll investigate this energy storage and transfer, not in a plant or animal, but in bouncy balls. You'll find out if there are limits on how much energy can be stored and if there are losses when the energy is transferred.

Concepts

elasticity, kinetic energy, linear, potential energy, work, energy

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Additional Tags

physics science fair project, rebound, science buddies, ball, limit

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)