THURSDAY, JUNE 29
GRAND FINALE - Sharing their roller coasters with visitors from other classes.
GRAND FINALE - Sharing their roller coasters with visitors from other classes.
Students added final touches before having visitors from other classrooms view their hard work.
Wednesday, June 28
Students started using their knowledge about potential energy, kinetic energy, centrifugal force, gravity, and g-force
to begin constructing their paper roller coasters from template pieces.
www.mrwaynesclass.com/ProjectCoaster/index.html
Tuesday, June 27
Students started creating columns, beams, funnels, loops, curves, etc. to be ready to
begin building their roller coasters on Wednesday and Thursday.
Monday, June 26
Students designed their team's roller coaster on a large sheet of butcher paper
including souvenir shops, food shops, restrooms, etc.
Students started using their knowledge about potential energy, kinetic energy, centrifugal force, gravity, and g-force
to begin constructing their paper roller coasters from template pieces.
www.mrwaynesclass.com/ProjectCoaster/index.html
Tuesday, June 27
Students started creating columns, beams, funnels, loops, curves, etc. to be ready to
begin building their roller coasters on Wednesday and Thursday.
Monday, June 26
Students designed their team's roller coaster on a large sheet of butcher paper
including souvenir shops, food shops, restrooms, etc.
Thursday, June 22
Calculating potential energy, kinetic energy, gravity and g-force to create a pool noodle roller coaster with loops
www.wbbjtv.com/2016/06/04/hooked-on-science-pool-noodle-marble-run/http://www.wbbjtv.com/2016/06/04/hooked-on-science-pool-noodle-marble-run/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NMXPsBcvVM&app=desktop
Calculating potential energy, kinetic energy, gravity and g-force to create a pool noodle roller coaster with loops
www.wbbjtv.com/2016/06/04/hooked-on-science-pool-noodle-marble-run/http://www.wbbjtv.com/2016/06/04/hooked-on-science-pool-noodle-marble-run/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NMXPsBcvVM&app=desktop
Wednesday, June 22
Building their own bridge took lots of patience.
Building their own bridge took lots of patience.
Tuesday, June 20
Researching their own personal bridge to design
Researching their own personal bridge to design
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Emma and Taylor’s Bridge holds 168 lbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwaW1GXa7Zw Students designed a coaster track (a bridge) that can withstand the most weight. Students drew out the design they believe will be the strongest, Allow time and guide students through They researched the strongest structures, brainstormed ideas, came to a consensus on a solution and started building using only 50 popsicle sticks and white glue. Tuesday, June 20 (Continued)
KINETIC ENERGY - Popsicle Stick Chain Reaction https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/popsicle-stick-chain-reaction/ A penny inside a spinning balloon helps explain centrifugal force.
www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/spinning-penny/ |
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MONDAY, JUNE 19
Goal: Build a bridge connection from Belton to Raymore across HWY 71. Students did a paper bridge challenge with their teams during their study of gravity. They built a bridge that could withstand the highest number of pennies placed on the bridge. The bridge had to span between 2 sets of textbooks.
Goal: Build a bridge connection from Belton to Raymore across HWY 71. Students did a paper bridge challenge with their teams during their study of gravity. They built a bridge that could withstand the highest number of pennies placed on the bridge. The bridge had to span between 2 sets of textbooks.