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Darron Saunders & Alejandro Armendariz
Brown Middle School
Experiment Overview
Determine what will happen to marshmallows traveling on a rocket into space. This experiment will validate an experiment conducted by the University of Virginia.
Experiment Description
Three small marshmallows, metric measuring tape section, video camera (optional), marking paint or mechanical measuring device, and breathable insulation (to eliminate or reduce temperature as another variable).
As elevation increases, the molecules of the air become more spread out therefore the density of the air or the atmospheric pressure decreased as altitude rises. The volume of the marshmallows should increase as the weight of the air decreases. When the rocket begins to returns to the surface, the atmospheric pressure will continue to increase, exerting more and more force onto the marsh-mellows which should cause the walls of the marsh-mellows to collapse.
Hypothesis
H1: The marshmallows will expand as atmospheric pressure decreases.
As the rocket returns to the ground, the marshmallows will contract but their shapes will be altered from their original state.
Analysis
Video recording will determine the exact physical state of the marshmallows throughout the experiment. Video recording will determine the state of the marshmallow.
