Thursday, October 26, 2017
12:30 - 1:45; 75 min. -
Physical Science:
Momentum-
Will was quizzed on his vocabulary. We then continued our investigation of momentum, and how it is different from force. I instructed Will to place a dime next to one end of a ruler, and flick a quarter against the other end of the ruler. We noted how far the dime moved away from the ruler. I then had him switch the coins and repeat the process. We compared the differences and discussed how momentum ‘traveled’ through the ruler to move the coins. The mass of the original coin affected the amount of momentum there was to travel. We watched Bill Nye the Science Guy for his foray into momentum, pausing periodically to discuss what we were watching.