Batter Up!
by Andy F.
2nd Place - Physics

Question: Which material on a baseball bat hits the ball farther: aluminum, composite, or wood?

Hypothesis: The composite bat will hit the ball farther.

The overall thing I learned in this project is about the material on the bats. Did you know that composite is made of graphite fibers that are designed to toughen the materials. The composite bat also has more than one layer. One thing I have learned is that the way I did the project was incorrect. Instead of judging the bat on where the ball landed I should have recorded where it stopped. This would have changed the outcome of this project because the
aluminum hit the ball farther on the ground.