Inertia

Today we tested the inertia theory. The theory is that objects in motion will resist movement in a different direction. We tested this theory by having a ramp with a measuring stick next to it. Then we rolled different weighing balls down the ramp and measured how far the balls traveled.

Purpose: To test a hypothesis that a balls with more mass travel farther than balls with less mass.

Procedure: 

1. Set ball on ramp.
2. Let go of ball.
3. Measure distance ball traveled.
4. Repeat procedure on each ball.

Dependent Variable: Distance.

Independent Variable: Light, Medium, Heavy balls.

Standard Variables: Surface and slope.

Data:

On wood floor, 1/3 of slope:

Heavy balls seem to go farther than light balls.

On carpet, 1/3 of slope:

Even on the carpet, which has more friction than the wood floor, the heavier ball goes farther than the lighter ball.

Conclusion: According to these tests, the heavier balls always go farther than the lighter balls. This would support the inertia theory. However, if the floor was on a upward slope, this may not be the case.

Jumping Broccoli

Here is poem for today. Enjoy!

The snake silently slithered toward its prey,

Some grasshoppers, moving, meaty, jumping broccoli,

One grasshopper jumped unsuspectingly to its doom,

The snake sprang toward its snack, like a jet fighter, kaboom,

Today was not to be gray,

The next catch was harder,

The third was harder still,

But the snake got his fill.

Dinosaur Habitat Protection Facility (DHPF)

If dinosaurs still existed, how would we protect them? Here is my answer to that problem... What do you think? Also, how would you protect them? Would you protect them? Enjoy!

P.S. In case you are wondering, we are thinking of either moving this blog to another site or changing this one to allow posting comments to be easier.

The Brick

Here is a poem I made today about a Lego 2 x 4 block. Since Lego calls the brick “Universal” I made it universal; a rocket ship. Enjoy! 

The two by four just sat, unmoving,

It combined, assembled, created,

And it could see it was un-hated,

So it zoomed across galaxies,

Rocket ships

Zooming.

Moonlit Mountain

Here is my latest artwork from art class. My favorite parts are the pine tree animal and the other animal trying to disguise itself as part of a tree.

P.S. You can click on the picture to enlarge it in a new window.

 My other pictures have that capability as well.

Mystical Forest

Here is a mystical forest I made today. I tried very hard to make it look natural and I poured many building techniques into it. Ignoring the fact that it is plastic, does it look natural? Enjoy!

The Mice Are Running

Here is a poem for today called “The Mice Are Running”. Can you spot alliteration, internal rhyme, end rhyme, and iambic tetrameter?

The snake slithered after mice, through trees,

The mice shot off, the snake had sneezed,

The chase was on, mice gone, snake slid,

Catching up again, snake caught, mice hid.

The Rats in the Rock

Here’s a poem called “The Rats in the Rock” for today. Enjoy!

The gold and orange leaves snapped and crackled,

As the snake slithered along it’s path,

Through the leaves, crinkled.

The snake slithered on a well traveled way,

This fine, colorful, day,

To a certain, shining, silver rock,

In which was discovered with a shock,

Was infested with rats.

The colorful snake had never heard,

Such fat, noisy, rats,

Under the rock, 

So this happened to be a lovely shock.

The hungry snake soon got over the wonderful, succulent, shock,

About the juicy rats under the shiny rock,

And enjoyed a delicious feast.