Monday, April 13 – Deadfall Trap Hypothesis and Procedures Day 2

Current unit: Static Equilibrium

  • Attendance
    • Sit where you want
    • PM collab period tomorrow (Tuesday): no period 4 class
    • Orion spacecraft splashed down (watch from 5:44:00 to 5:46:00, then jump ahead to 5:53:00)
      • Voskhod 2 landed in the forest in Siberia and had to camp out overnight in the winter
  • Whiteboard physics
    • Hand, wrist, and arm warmup
    • Meter stick, hanger, and heavy mass
  • Deadfall Trap Project
    • Choose a group – 1 to 3 people
    • Develop a hypothesis
      • Groups of 3 should have at least 2 dependent variables, or test 2 separate hypotheses
    • Develop a set of procedures to test the hypothesis/ese
    • Due tomorrow (Tuesday, April 14)
  •  Wrap-up
    • Period 3: put up chairs