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Parallax Error - Student Worksheet

The document discusses parallax error when reading a graded instrument like a thermometer. It instructs student pairs to do an experiment where one student holds a ruler upright and does not move while the other points to the 15cm mark with their finger. That student then moves their head above and below the original eye level position and records any changes in the reading. The purpose is to show how moving the eyes can change the reading due to parallax error, and to experience the importance of keeping the eyes level with the part of the instrument being read.

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Parallax Error - Student Worksheet

The document discusses parallax error when reading a graded instrument like a thermometer. It instructs student pairs to do an experiment where one student holds a ruler upright and does not move while the other points to the 15cm mark with their finger. That student then moves their head above and below the original eye level position and records any changes in the reading. The purpose is to show how moving the eyes can change the reading due to parallax error, and to experience the importance of keeping the eyes level with the part of the instrument being read.

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Name ________________________

Parallax Error – Student


Worksheet

When reading a thermometer, or any other graded instrument, your eye


has to be level with the part being read.

Materials per pair


• A ruler

Method
1. Face your partner
2. One student holds the ruler upright and does not move
3. The other holds one hand so that their index finger appears to be
pointing at the 15cm reading
4. Without moving their pointing finger, the student then moves their
head so their eyes are about 5cm higher and lower than the original
position and takes reading.

How did moving your eyes change the reading? __________________

________________________________________________________

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