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Drop Box Project Guidelines

Develop an experiment to test the effects of microgravity and present your findings to the class.
 * Drop Box Objectives:**

Use the scientific process as the basis for your project…
 * Drop Box Guidelines:**

What happens to a bubble trapped in water as the box drops?
 * Ask a Question:**

There were some videos on YouTube that used soap bubbles and how they stay flat in microgravity. It doesn't have much to do with our experiement, but that's the close as we could find.
 * Do Background Research:**

If we drop a bottle with a air bubble in it then the bubble will move down a little bit and then back up.
 * Construct a Hypothesis:**

We will take a bottle of water, turn it upside down, have some sort of base to keep it up, and tape it so it will not move. We will color the water so we can see the bubble better and have a back that is white so we can see it clearly. The camera will then show us what happens to the water and the bubble. .media type="file" key="Mary Ian Ben x2.MPG"
 * Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment:**


 * Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion:** After dropping the drop box with our water bottle inside, we concluded that our hypothesis was correct. After dropping the box, the air bubble inside of our water bottle was propelled downwards as water rushed upwards to fill in the gap where the water bubble was. We believe that the fact that the water rushed upwards and pushed the bubble downwards was due to weightlessness. The fact that the bottle was falling does not mean that the water wants to move. In Newton's first law (an object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force) we believe this describes that fact that the water will stay in place as the bottle begins to fall. Because it stays in place, it flies upwards towards the top of the bottle until the bottle pushes the water back downwards. This effect will portray the image of the air bubble flying downwards.

Go To http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eunx9kB_hR0 for other experiment Brag sheet! After completing the project each group member will write a one page summation of their roll and responsibilities during the project. Include your name and class period at the top. Discuss what you contributed to the group and what you discovered. If you where to do this project again, what could you improve?
 * Communicate Your Results:**

HaVe FuN!!!! _ Try to pick a question that the group is genuinely interested in answering. Listen to instructions and stay on task. The fewer reminders you hear from me the happier you will be!