EGG DROP ACTIVITY

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EGG DROP ACTIVITY

• PHYSICS USING GRAVITY

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FLASH BACK 10/15/12

• 1. USE YOUR NOTES TO CALCULATE THE WEIGHT FORCE
  THAT A 75 kg OBJECT WOULD FALL WITH
• A. 75 N B. 750 N C. 10 m/s2
• 2. CALCULATE THE WEIGHT FORCE THAT A 100 kg
  OBJECT WOULD FALL WITH
• A. 1,000 N B. 100 N C. 10 m/s2
• 3. CALCULATE THE ACCELERATION THAT A 1,000 kg
  OBJECT WOULD FALL WITH
• A. 10 m/s2 B. 30 m/s2 C. 20
  m/s2

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Your Mission

• Your mission is to safely return an egg to Earth
  after being dropped from the ceiling, using only
  the limited resources on your sheet.

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Assignment Rules

• 1. Only the materials provided are allowed for
  use.2. Only white glue or hot glue are
  allowed.3. No materials can be directly glued to
  the eggs.4. Not all materials have to be used.

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Step 1

• STEP 1 DESIGN AN EGG DROP APPARATUS
• -What is your GOAL?
• -What will your Egg Drop apparatus look like, and
  what materials will you use and where will you
  use them?

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FLASH BACK 10/16/12

• 1. USE YOUR NOTES to calculate the acceleration
  of a 50 kg object being dropped off of a cliff
• A. 10 m/s2 B. 30 m/s2 C. 20
  m/s2
• 2. USE YOUR NOTES to calculate the acceleration
  of a 60 kg object being dropped off of a cliff
• A. 10 m/s2 B. 30 m/s2 C. 20
  m/s2
• 3. Choose the letter of the best definition for
  INERTIA
• A. An object slowing down due to friction.
• B. An objects tendency to resist change in its
  motion.
• C. An objects acceleration.

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FLASH BACK 10/17/12

• 1. Without using calculations, what is the rate
  of acceleration that ALL objects will fall to the
  earth with
• A. 10 m/s2 B. 30 m/s2 C. 20
  m/s2
• 2. USE YOUR NOTES to calculate the acceleration
  of a 60 kg object being thrown with a force of
  120N
• A. 1 m/s2 B. 2 m/s2 C. 3
  m/s2
• 3. Choose the letter of the best definition for
  INERTIA
• A. An object slowing down due to friction.
• B. An objects tendency to resist change in its
  motion.
• C. An objects acceleration.

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FLASH BACK 10/23/12

• COMPLETE THE BLANKS BELOW
• 1. An object in motion tends to stay in motion
  because of its
• 2. A feather and a rock dropped at the same time
  would land at the same time under which
  circumstance
• A.) astronaut on the moon B.) Astronaunt from a
  space shuttle
• Acceleration of an object ________________when
  mass is added?
• a.) increases b.) decreases

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Additional ProblemsF M x A AFM

• 1.) Calculate the acceleration of a 30 kg rock
  being thrown with a force of 15N
• 2.) Calculate the force of a 30 kg rock being
  thrown with an acceleration of 20 m/s/s

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Apollo 13

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v5giXXW_UdaMfeature
  related

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Step 2

• Build it!
• Use your designs from yesterday to construct your
  Egg Dropping Apparatus.
• ?Remember, you will not receive any additional
  materials!!!

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Newtons Gravity Equation