What can YOU do?

• Midway games often use science to make the game challenging. Come up with a carnival game of your own, and investigate how changes in the game set-up make it easier or harder. What are the science principles the game uses?
   
  
• Some carnival games, like toss the ball into the milk can, are more easily won when you use the right throwing technique. Toss a ball at a bucket, and try putting no spin, top spin, and back spin on it. Does one type of spin seem to increase your chances of winning? How does spin affect the way the ball bounces?
   
  
• Design an experiment to determine if the age of the player is an important factor in winning a carnival game. Do older players have an advantage? Why or why not?
   
  Go to Be On DFTV or to the DFTV Boards, and tell us about your science investigation.