We will be spending about half of our class this week on Project Presentations. Each group has an unlimited amount of time to share their research with us...which is nice because they are the experts about their topics and I learn so much! I allow the students to ask questions of the project authors. I am happy to see that many of our students have the confidence to stand before their peers and share...they speak loud, clear, and with enthusiasm! Presentations will continue until Thursday.
Passing Energy Along is a lab we are doing after presentations each day. We are using the golf and foam balls with the ramps again. This time, we are creating a car accident in sorts, having a moving object hit a stationary object. We are observing the distance the stationary object will travel upon contact. This is a direct relationship between distance traveled and kinetic energy of the ball. If the ball has more energy, it has more to give, the cup should travel further.
Students are graphing their data. PD 3 had to do the graph for homework tonight (Monday 4/15)
Conclusion questions will appear on here once we get to that point in the lab.
Thanks and enjoy!
Rob Naylor
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