Egg Drop

Students made last minute modifications on their egg capsules and added finishing touches to their cross section drawings.
The egg drop will take place on Monday. Students must have their direction sheet AND their cross section to drop their egg.

Marshmallow Challenge

Students watched the TED talk on the Marshmallow Challenge.
They should have gotten two take aways 1. build prototypes testing as you go and 2. Triangles and other geometric shapes will be the strongest.
Students then had an opportunity to build a taller, stronger tower!

Marshmallow Challenge

Students were given 20 pieces of spaghetti, 1 yard of tape, 1 yard of string and 1 marshmallow.
Their challenge is to build the tallest tower that will support a marshmallow.

Egg Drop cross section

Students were given time to continue working on their egg capsules.
Students were given a aheet of graph paper to sketch a cross section of their capsule.
This cross section must be completed in order for students to drop their eggs!
We will drop next  Thursday April 30.

Egg Drop

Students continued to work on constructing their egg capsule.
I have delayed the actual egg drop to Thursday April 30 - right after the DC trip.

Egg Drop

 Students were given the task of designing a capsule that will safely carry an egg when it is dropped from the ceiling.
Students have two full class days to work on this in class and hopefully, on Friday we will perform "The Drop"

Egg Drop

Force and Motion

Students read pages 288-296 on acceleration and momentum.
We then took notes on our reading.
There is no homework

Walking Dead Lab

Students collected all information for their 4 team walkers.
Each walker needs to be graphed on it's own graph paper and then there are 8 questions to be answered.
Homework: If students did not finish this then it is homework and due tomorrow!!

Speed and velocity

Students finished the 4 questions from yesterday and corrected them.
We then went outside and did a "Walker" activity to demonstrate speed, acceleration and velocity.
There is no homework

Force and Motion

Students tested in Homeroom during periods of 3 and 4.
All other classes read Forces and Motion in their books pages 282-287 and took notes.
I also gave notes to students.
Students also needed to work 4 problems in their book.
We will continue with this tomorrow.

Cholesterol and Testing

Students missed 6 and 7 periods due to testing.
 A science teacher at the Career Center asked if my students would rate her students work on cholesterol. So my classes watched a powerpoint on cholesterol. Tomorrow they will rate 3 of the projects.

Bernouilli's Principle

Students experimented with the concept of Bernouilli's Principle.
Students also witnessed several Bernouilli Demonstrations.
There is no homework.

Pascal, Bernoulli and Archimedes

Students corrected and handed in their packets from last week.
Today students figured out how to make a "Cartesian diver" work - it's all about pressure.