Which will bounce higher? A basketball with nitrogen in it or a basketball with oxygen in it?

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Title: Which will bounce higher? A basketball with nitrogen in it or a basketball with oxygen in it?

Subject: Engineering

Subcategory: Sports engineering

Grade level: Elementary School - Grades 4-6

Academic Level: Ordinary

Project Type: Experimental

Cost: Low

Awards: 1st place, Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair ($100)

Affiliation: Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (VSF)

Year: 2014

Materials: basketball filled with nitrogen, basketball filled with oxygen, wall-mounted measurement chart, iPad with video recording and iMovie

Description: The two balls are dropped from different heights; by using iMovie a slow motion video is created of each drop; the peak heights are recorded, compared and tabulated.

Link: www.virtualsciencefair.org...

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