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Classical Conversations Cycle 2 Egg Protector and Drop
This may be the shortest post in the history of blogging, but since I know we’re all in the middle of wrapping up our last few weeks of CC . . . and I couldn’t find anything out on CC Connected that addressed this . . . I put together a little summary sheet of the science principles (Physics) behind an Egg Protector and the Egg Drop experiment. I’ll put together a nicer and more polished post later when I have more time, but for now, I just wanted to make this available quickly to anyone who might find it helpful. You can download the document that I put together…
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Classical Conversations Cycle 2 Week 20
Time is flying! It’s week 20 and we’ll be wrapping up this year of CC Foundations before we know it! Science Here’s a fun little video with information about the second law of thermodynamics: Science Project I found a number of videos this week that complement our bridge-building project nicely. These two from MIT are my favorites: Part 1- Part 2 – Here are two others that are also good: http://science.howstuffworks.com/29829-understanding-bridge-designs-video.htm http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfe.zstrawbridge/triangles-designing-a-straw-bridge/ (You may need to create a free account at PBS in order to view this one.) There are also several books that work well with this subject: Cross a Bridge has simple, colorful illustrations of different types of bridges…
