Wood vs. AluminumBy: ky Schlosberg

questionWhich bat will hit the ball farther? Wood or

aluminum.

hypothesisMy hypothesis is that the aluminum bat will hit

farther, because the aluminum bat is hollow and the wood bat isn’t. And it pops more off a bat that is hollow than not.

ResearchThe Wood bat was invented some where in the late 1800’s.

At first they were all different shapes and sizes , then in 1859 a rule was made that bats could only have 2.5 inches in diameter.

The aluminum bat was first patented in 1924 by William Shroyer. This idea supposividly came to him when there was a lot of splintering of the wooden bats.

Design of experiment control: I will use the same amount force when

I hit the ball with both bats.Variable: I will use a different kinds of bat. The

wind and height of the tee are also variables.

the experiment

wood aluminum

Here is me conducting my experiment…

resultsWood 1 19/25 206.68

Aluminum 1 21/25 229.76

Wood 2 22/25 224.4

Aluminum 2 22/25 230.84

Bat Good hits Avg. distance

BAT WOOD 1 ALUM 1 WOOD 2 ALUM 2

HIT 1 153 198 167 163

HIT 2 158 205 199 194

HIT 3 176 235 222 200

HIT 4 215 247 240 191

HIT 5 214 248 240 200

HIT 6 201 238 238 220

HIT 7 220 232 220 223

HIT 8 220 232 215 244

HIT 9 238 253 208 246

HIT 10 242 256 249 250

HIT 11 237 255 251 260

HIT 12 220 254 250 252

HIT 13 200 256 256 255

HIT 14 201 255 239 250

HIT 15 202 253 230 253

HIT 16 210 218 225 254

HIT 17 197 237 224 246

HIT 18 198 239 217 281

HIT 19 213 215 211 260

HIT 20 220 208 235 231

HIT 21 215 197 229 225

HIT 22 212 189 228 223

HIT 23 205 195 217 222

HIT 24 199 215 215 220

HIT 25 201 214 185 208

TOTAL 5167 5744 5610 5771

AVERAGE 206.68 229.76 224.4 230.84

data

conclusionMy hypothesis was correct. The aluminum bat hit better than

the wood bat. I can conclude this because I had better distance and good hits with the aluminum bat, compared to the wood bat. So, aluminum bats hits better than wood bat. Therefore the aluminum bat wins!

The End