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Fourth Grade Collisions

2/22/2018

 
Fourth graders continued to learn  about kinetic and potential energy  by building a basic egg cart. They released the egg cart from different heights on a ramp and collected data on how far the vehicle traveled from each of the different starting positions. Students discovered that more potential energy lead to a faster speed and a further distance traveled for their vehicles. Next students learned about two different types of collisions, elastic and inelastic. They then build a second cart and and had the opportunity to collide these two vehicles on a ramp from different heights to observe  different types of collisions created. In the last collision activity students added weight to their vehicles so they could observe how different size vehicles can change the types of collisions created. 
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    This is my tenth year teaching and my second with Ann Arbor Public Schools.  I spent the first eight years of my teaching career as a K-8 technology teacher. I joined AAPS last year as a Media Specialist and I am thrilled to be a part of PLTW this year! In my spare time I enjoy going to the gym, baking and spending time with family and friends!

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