Thursday, December 3, 2009

Hunter-Physics

I studied:
How pressure affects the volume of a marshmallow,
and Sound scope.

ALDEN PHISICES STUDY

The things that I studied are sound waves,nichrome wire and when I went to the ECHO museum I saw contraptions that used magnets.

"Sabrina" Physics

I studied about Newton's Third Law of Motion and how it works. Newton's Third Law of Motion "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Stephen's physics

I studied the experiment with bubbles and with magnets

_WHY DOES NICHROME WIRE GLOW?_

Nichrome wire glows when when electrons have difficulty flowing through a conductor. Nichrome wire is used in heating elements and stuff like toasters or light bulbs because of it's high resistance to heat so it won't burn out as quickly as other metals.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Exploratory Science - Physics!

We crammed a lot of learning into this section! Overall, we learned about Newton's Laws of Motion and all the formulas that connect to them, we learned about states of matter,

Monday, November 2, 2009

_WHAT IS A WHITE DWARF?_

A white dwarf is a star that has used all of its nuclear fuel