Hovering Ping Pong Ball.
Is a hair dryers force is strong enough to keep a ball in the air? To test this experiment supplies are needed, how to set up and what to do is the most important thing to know, observing and giving answers to any hypothesis will help to find the answer to this question, finally why this happened and other experiments that you could try out.
Supplies Needed:
Ping Pong ball
Hair dryer
Plug the hair dryer into the wall and point the fan upwards. Place the ping pong ball on the fan of the hair dryer or you could put it on when it’s going either way it works. Turn the hair dryer on and watch the ball hover in the air.
When observing, very noticeable things popped up like when the hair dryer is going and the ball is thrown in it seems to bounce back and start balancing in the middle of the fan. If it starts on the fan and the Hair dryer is turned on the ball starts to slowly pull itself up so it’s not so close to the fan. Would it work with a solid ball and not a hollow one?
The key to this experiment is the force of the hair dryer. When it is pointing up the ball is able to balance if it is pointing in any different direction the experiment should fail. The hair dryer is strong enough to hold a ping pong ball but isn’t as strong as gravity when it comes to heavier kinds like a tennis ball or a cricket ball.
Other Experiments:
Try it with two hair dryers, put one facing up and one facing down causing the ball to stay in the middle of the two. Or point the two hairdryers at each other and see if it stays up then. If you are too advanced try and balance two ping pong balls on one hair dryers.
