What Baseball Comes Off the Bat the Hardest?
Physics and Astronomy
Nolan Bednorz
- Grade:
- 6
- Teacher:
- Julie Sharkey
My project is about what baseballs come off the bat the hardest. I tested MLB balls, Little League balls, and Tee balls. I chose this project because I love baseball and I wanted to see what balls we should use. The MLB balls were the best, then the Little League ball, and then the Tee balls. This project is important because MLB balls are more expensive and supposedly better, and my project proves this right. Keywords: baseballs, hard hits
You designed a strong investigation connecting science with a real baseball question many players wonder about. Using a radar gun and repeating trials showed careful effort to collect real data, and your results clearly supported your conclusion that MLB balls generally come off the bat slightly faster than others. Your graphs and comparisons made the findings easy to understand.
What stood out most was how you turned personal curiosity from playing baseball into a measurable scientific investigation. Your use of real equipment and repeated testing shows strong experimental thinking and enthusiasm for learning through experimentation.