We have had great fun modeling Newton's Second Law with toy cars! Our first experiment involved creating a catapult with rubber bands and letting loose a toy car. We increased the number of rubber bands to see how far our toy car would go and learned that increasing the force also increased the distance and the speed. We graphed this result and drew conclusions. Our second experiment involved increasing the mass of the toy car by adding other toy cars while keeping the force (number of rubber bands) the same. We learned that increasing the mass decreased the distance and speed that a toy car could travel. Thank you to all students who brought in their toy cars for this experiment:)
Students will receive a review sheet on Tuesday and will have Newton's Second Law test either on Thursday or Friday (depending on the class). Please check the agenda for details.
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