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Here are the slides from this morning’s lesson on Newton’s life… We’ll be finishing up on these tomorrow and reviewing more of the background story behind the fascinating science of motion!

Remember, this is not due anytime in class but if you need extra work to sharpen your skills or for review then enjoy… Homework 10 You’ll be seeing these questions again!

If you’ll remember from our studies of String Theory and gravitons, I made the statement that I’m not a big fan of including gravity as a fundamental force of nature. The New York Times has an in-depth piece that explains this more… A Scientist Takes On Gravity – NYTimes.com: “So says Erik Verlinde, 48, a [...]

Balloon Racers are due on Friday in class. Make sure you know: 1) Your racer’s mass 2) The best set up for your balloon racer If you’re in 8.3 and would like to try out a balloon racer, I’ll give some extra credit if you can successfully make the 5 meter challenge and figure out [...]

Fun article that explains how roller coasters work. Give it a read! HowStuffWorks “Roller Coaster Forces”: “To understand the sensations you feel in a roller coaster, let’s look at the basic forces at work on your body. Wherever you are on Earth, gravity is pulling you down toward the ground. But the force you actually [...]

Greetings from sunny Los Angeles (I haven’t seen many cardigans yet, but the butterflies did fly away). I hope you all had a great Friday and finished up on those quizzes. Let me know if you had any trouble with them. As you know, I won’t be in class on Monday either as I’ll still [...]

Tomorrow I’ll be flying to Los Angeles, but you’ll be here at the Day School taking a quiz. Make sure to bring your book to class. You will need it for the quiz worth 10 points. Want a sneak peak and/or a headstart? Here it is. Good luck! I’ll miss you all (yes, all of [...]

Today we discussed more of the differences between Newton’s ‘law’ of gravity and Einstein’s conception of gravity. Here’s a great site that explains more of those differences (we read a small bit of it in class today). Tomorrow we’ll be working more on our balloon racers and exploring gravity. Bring any materials you might need [...]

Very cool: BBC News – Newton’s apple story goes online: ” People will be able to read the whole manuscript online The original version of the story of Sir Isaac Newton and the falling apple has been made available online.” We’ll take a look at this in class on Monday.

Ben H. and Evan present Newton’s Laws via Halo Awesome.