Session Date
Lesson Topic
The Catapult Force Experiment-
Lesson Outline
Monday, November 6, 2017
1:00 - 2:30; 90 min. -
Physical Science:
The Catapult Force Experiment-
Will was tasked with using the scientific method to write up the experiment we had worked out last week, for finding the force of his catapult. We started with the question and he used a Newton scale to help find a hypothesis for the amount of force his small catapult applies on a ball. He worked out the methods, and listed the materials. We then proceeded to conduct his experiment, following his methods. We found just the correct distance for the catapult, to hit the target. Will used a stopwatch to time how long the ball took to travel from the catapult to the target. He used this data to find the speed of the ball. He then figured out the acceleration of the ball. He finally used the gram scale to find the mass of the ball. We will continue the experiment on Thursday.
1:00 - 2:30; 90 min. -
Physical Science:
The Catapult Force Experiment-
Will was tasked with using the scientific method to write up the experiment we had worked out last week, for finding the force of his catapult. We started with the question and he used a Newton scale to help find a hypothesis for the amount of force his small catapult applies on a ball. He worked out the methods, and listed the materials. We then proceeded to conduct his experiment, following his methods. We found just the correct distance for the catapult, to hit the target. Will used a stopwatch to time how long the ball took to travel from the catapult to the target. He used this data to find the speed of the ball. He then figured out the acceleration of the ball. He finally used the gram scale to find the mass of the ball. We will continue the experiment on Thursday.
Assignment
None -
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Session Hours
1.50
Hours Attended
1.50
Entry Status
Review Status
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