Day Eighty Five Overview

Day Eighty Five Overview

- we began class with a "stir the class" activity to determine what the students already knew about force
     - the students were asked to come up with three things about force in their pairs
     - they were then asked to "stir the class" and complete a list of 8 things, including the three they had already come up with
- while the students worked on that activity I used most of that time to hand back quite a few assignments that had been graded and needed to be passed back
- with the last half of class we watched a roller coaster movie to help explain a real life example of forces in action
     - the movie also served as inspiration for the student's homework assignment

National Geographic Mega-structures - Roller Coaster

Homework
- draw at least a half page rendering of a roller coaster that you would like built
- on the other half page or on the back of a page, use your knowledge of forces to explain how the parts of the roller coaster work (ex. the cart falls down the hill due to the force of gravity)

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