Carpet Bouncy Ball

For example depending on the type of basketball and surface you may have seen the ball bounce about 15 inches high on carpet and about 25 inches high on concrete.

Carpet bouncy ball.

The cold ball does not have much elasticity and more energy is lost when it collides with the floor with the result being that it does not bounce as high. Perfect if your school kids are too noisy. The bouncy balls rug. Bedwina knobby balls pack of 6 bulk 7 inch sensory balls and spiky massage stress balls fun bouncy ball party favors stocking stuffers for kids toddlers 4 4 out of 5 stars 735 11 99 11.

Click to learn more. Available in bold and soft tones. With the carpet and especially with our program chairs there is more natural give or cushion in the material you are bouncing the ball on and thus the ball is able to combine its own momentum with that of the other bouncy material to really gain some decent height. What you bounce your ball onto also can impact how bouncy it actually is.

It would also be fun to explore the effect of different surfaces on the bounce of the bouncy ball. Since some of the ball s energy went into the carpet the ball doesn t have as much energy afterwards and it can t bounce as high. The upper and lower case alphabet forms a perfect elliptical inside border. Obviously a ball won t bounce as high on carpet.

More to explore physics of. Bounce balls with your microphone. An old tennis ball is not as bouncy as a new one. This is because the surface also adds kinetic energy to each bounce.

A fun way to manage classroom noise or visualize music. Carpet is bouncier than ground and bouncy things absorb more kinetic energy that rigid things so a lot of the ball s energy which would be used to bounce it up is absorbed by the carpet. But if you bounce it on something solid like a hardwood floor the floor doesn t really have any give to it so it doesn t absorb very much of the energy. Bouncing balls react to sounds from the microphone.

Each colorful bouncy ball designates a seating area around the carpet edge where children can gather for group time. A free classroom noise level meter monitor and management tool.