Friction Labs

Students completed three experiments in order to help understand friction.

Jacob demonstrates how grains of rice create friction in the Rice in a Bottle experiment.

Lilly and Ben use his sneaker to judge how adding weight to an object changes the effects of friction.

Anna looks on while Adian and Elvis try with all their might to pull apart two books with intertwined pages. 

Inertia Labs

Students participated in four different experiments to demonstrate Newton's First Law: objects in motion stay in motion and objects at rest stay at rest until acted upon by a force.

Maysun and Jacob experiment with Coin Towers

Henry tries the old Coin on the Elbow trick.

Victor and Emilie experiment with the Penny on the Card maneuver. 

Ben tries his hand at the Paperback Book on the Paper trick (a lot less mess than the tablecloth version). 

Spirit Week Fun

Lots of pink today for day one of Spirit Week! 

Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Students used the scientific method to explore how species are connected in the Gulf of Maine.