We recently finished up a unit in Physics on Energy--very cool stuff. But the two labs suggested by the book were terrible. I mean awful. How bad were they? They were so bad I felt compelled to create my own. Did I mention I have 6 preps?
With all the talk of machines, work, mechanical advantage and efficiency I decided to pick three of the simple machines the book talked about and cobble together a lab on them. While my physics students were doing the lab I thought this would be great for Algebra 2 (or even Algebra 1). None of the math is hard; it's all proportions: work in = work out, or (distance moved)*(force input) = (distance moved)*(force output).
Anyway, raid your physics lab for some pulleys, meter sticks, weights and spring scales and have a grand old time of it.
With all the talk of machines, work, mechanical advantage and efficiency I decided to pick three of the simple machines the book talked about and cobble together a lab on them. While my physics students were doing the lab I thought this would be great for Algebra 2 (or even Algebra 1). None of the math is hard; it's all proportions: work in = work out, or (distance moved)*(force input) = (distance moved)*(force output).
Anyway, raid your physics lab for some pulleys, meter sticks, weights and spring scales and have a grand old time of it.
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