Thursday and Friday

Today we went over last night's homework and worked some sample problems relating weight and mass, then we verified the relationship between Force, Mass, and Acceleration from Newton's 2nd law (F = m*a) using the air track.

Physics students found the acceleration of the small, gold(100g) glider to be (almost) EXACTLY 1/3 that of the large, blue (300g) glider; .145 m/s^2 vs. .463 m/s^2

Tomorrow we have extended advisory for a presentation in the morning, and all classes will be slightly shortened.

We will work with newton's 2nd some more, and I will present: Freeman: Master of Inertia!

(just some nerdy science tricks that you can use with your family and friends)