MT Monday!

Important! We will start on our Mousetrap cars on Monday, and unlike yesterday, we will not hurry through it (yay!) So collect CD's with your mom's permission; if you are like my family there are probably a few around the house that are not important from years ago when we bought "educational" things that no one wants anymore. Recycle some toy wheels, bring in something lightweight to build with or just to try out...use your creativity.  I will have most of the basics, but feel free to add to the collection.

Homework:  Give some thought to the explorations in yesterday's class (re-read the cards carefully) , and answer any questions you might have missed in your lab notebook.

2. Finish reading the Mousetrap handout: write notes in the empty space at the bottom of the pages to comment on how to make your car go - faster - further - decrease friction - increase traction - reduce air resistance - decrease mass - and whatever to make it the best it can be!  I suggest that you might pay better attention to what you read if you read it aloud; it works for me when I have to read things that are complicated.

When we finish building we will take them to the park for some races. (Hopefully the tennis courts will be available.)

3. Here is some great old-time science, from Julius Sumner Miller, a review on Inertia which I think you will enjoy, in 2 parts. 15 minutes.  He cracks me up.


P.S. Does anyone have a broken laser pointer they would like to give me?