AP Physics: Dissipated Energy

Students analyzed video of their bouncy balls and collected evidence to argue whether the energy is primarily dissipated by air resistance or by the impact with the table. There was a nice variety of approaches and I was pleased by how many students went back to the fact that we neglected air resistance during projectile motion to make a prediction about whether it should matter here.

Physical Science: Building

Students worked on building their cargo carriers based on yesterday’s designs. To help keep the focus on the science behind their designs, I stopped by each group and used a dice to pick someone to tell me how Newton’s Laws support their design decisions. For the first time, I had several tables where students were hoping they would be the one picked because they were excited to talk about their group’s work, which was fantastic!