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Fascinating that they chose an ellipse shape for the new fence… BBC News – Willow protection for Sir Isaac Newton’s apple tree: “‘We are just trying to discourage people from wriggling under the tree to have their photograph taken – so we’ve put this little bit of willow work around the tree to protect it,’ [...]

SpaceCam — Griffin Science

I’ve set up a page here for us to use with our SpaceCam project… SpaceCam — Griffin Science Let me know if you need anything to help out!

Here you go…

The Top 5 make the final playoffs tomorrow! 1. Gavin and Reed: 17.5 m 2. Lauren, Gray, and Elizabeth 14 m 3. Maybry and Ashley: 12 m 4. Collin and Anders: 11.6 m 5. Nora: 11.3 m 6. Sara, Elizabeth and Ansley: 10.7 m 7. Ethan: 9.6 m 8. Landon and Caroline: 8.2 m 9. [...]

We’re back from our trip to Savannah and I’m excited about the possibilities that we have for increasing learning via tools like the iPad. We’ll see what happens! In the meantime, let’s wrap up on our Newton Balloon Racers on Monday/Tuesday so we can have our races and figure out the math by Wednesday. We’re [...]

Using what we know about Newton’s Laws, could we send a camera into space? What would it take? Want to try after we’re done with the balloon racers?

Balloon racers rely on Newton’s Third Law of Motion. As the air rushes backward out of the balloon it pushes the car forward in the opposite direction with an equal force. Your job is to make the most of this force! The rules to this activity are simple: * The car must be powered by [...]

Snow is pretty and snow is fun, but you can only play in the snow for so long without getting frostbite (or so they say). So if you are bored here’s your remedy! – Fun game (my personal best is 13 apples): Law of Gravity Game – Good info with demonstrations: Newton’s Laws – Table [...]

Here are the notes we covered in class today… Formulas: F = ma acceleration = Change in V / Change in T velocity = Change in d / Change in T speed = positive movement Units: F = Newton (1 N = 1 kgxm/s2) acceleration = m/s2 velocity = m/s We’ll be working from here [...]