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Monday, December 19, 2011

Building Balloon Cars!


Research
Design
Build
Test
Improve
Race









Building Balloon Car Ideas
Zoom
Plastic Water Bottle Car
Questacon
Step-by-step directions
Directions from NASA
Make a Car
Tips for a fast car


Videos
Class balloon car release
Science Olympics
Figure Eight (a slow start, but worth watching)



Pictures of Balloon Cars
Student Cars
Class Cars (click on HTML to see picture and description)
Posted by Ms. O'Connor at 8:25 AM No comments:

Friday, December 9, 2011

Potential and Kinetic Energy

Learn our new science song about Potential and Kinetic Energy

Watch the Spring and Mass PhET simulation.

See the reaction to Potential Energy being converted to Kinetic Energy.

And... by popular demand, the F=ma song
Posted by Ms. O'Connor at 7:00 AM No comments:
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Ms. O'Connor
I grew up in Illinois. After high school, I went to college and studied Biology and English. While in college, I edited my school's newspaper. I have lived in the Denver area since 2005. My husband Matt, my son Russell, my daughter Annella and I live in Brighton along with our dog Chole Jo (AKA Stinky Jo) and our cats Chubs McGee and Tybalt. My hobbies include playing goofy games with my kids, reading, writing, and gardening.
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