March 19, 2019 Physics is Fun!: Lesson 1 Fun With Forces

Today we had fun  with forces!  We learned that a force involves a push or a pull.  It takes a  big force to move heavy things like the a basket with a concrete block in it.  (Good thing the students all had strong muscles! :) When you use a big force such as from a vacum,  light things like pompoms,  move fast!   Playing with parachutes taught us about gravity, a force that pulls things to the ground and drag,  a force that pushes back against gravity.  And our final activity -stomp rockets- had us use the force of air pressure to counteract gravity.  Lots of concepts - lots of fun!  Pictures are below.