SHARP helmet test
Written by Jack Leibold We all know the importance of having our children wear a safety helmet for biking, skateboarding, or do any activity where risk of its falling But have you ever wondered what helmets protect our children the best How do you test this Jack Leibold is a third student who wanted an answer to this question and the need to find a way to test his hypothesis using some melons as victims of crash test, Jack set out to create a way to scientifically arrive at an answer It is an example of a great scientific project that puts the scientific method to great use.
Lay the tarp and an adult help you put the ladder.
Choose a step to deposit the melons you must file all of the same height in the same way that I all melons dropped into my first try from 10 feet and in the second test of 8 feet.
Climb the ladder and carefully drop the melon control no helmet.
Measure the amount of damage to the bowler to take a picture.
Follow the same steps with each of the four other melons in helmets hold on to the strap and drop the helmet straight down Do not throw the helmet just RELEASED.
After each drop, measure your results and take pictures Clean between the drops.
Rerun all the experience of a different height to see if you get the same results.
I tried to melons that were all the same size.
Some melons had scars on them to start, but no cracks.
All melons were removed from the same height in the same way.
The amount of bleeding melons is not reliable because some melons may have been juicier than others to start.
I tried to make the helmets also integrate closely as possible by adjusting the straps.
Football helmet has a sticker on it that says it is not for the actual contact.
Motorcycle helmet The test melon is an excellent example of a fair scientific project It demonstrates what happens to a bowler when he fell from a specific height without control headset and then shows the effect of different types of helmets variable on a bowler when he fell from the same conditions height were standardized as much as possible, data were recorded, and the findings have been documented.
Try this experiment yourself to see if you get the same results Here are some variables you might want to consider.
Change melon to another object and see if that makes a difference in your results.
Change of the helmet hitting the ground first top of the helmet against the side of the helmet to see what type of impact causes the most damage in an accident.
Test the new helmets against the old helmets to see if the age of a helmet makes a difference in how it protects your head.
Whatever variable you decide to test, make sure you change one thing at a time to keep everything else the same in the experience to take pictures and document your results so you can share your findings in the science fair .
To classify helmets I added the total inches of each melon damage these results.
No helmet HELMETS WORST of all was my control.
Surprisingly, my results were the same for both heights.
So in conclusion, helmets are better than no helmet Although melons that had helmets on injuries had they weren t nearly as bad as my hypothesis control melons was not correct the ski helmet n has not done nearly as well as I thought I was shocked that the toy football helmet so maybe art because the helmet was deeper than other helmets I was as surprised as bicycle helmet made so the headset itself received the most damage, but the melon has received less damage than I think art because the helmet fit melon the best fit for a helmet makes a big difference.
The results would be the same if the contact was on the side of the helmet.
Is there a better way to imitate a real accident and would have different results.
These would be major issues to be explored in a future science fair project.
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