Fizzix Funday 2010
Seminole Ridge physics students showcase their STEM skills on Wednesday, November 17, 2010.
Erich Landstrom’s physics student will test their “Fizzix Funday” research projects to either “Drop It,” “Launch It,” or “Thrill It” – by creating the ideal container to protect an egg from a 3-story drop, building the best roller coaster model, or blasting off the ultimate water bottle rocket.
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is increasingly being appreciated as the key to assuring that America cultivates a new generation of experts as well, with the skills to create the new green technologies we need to strengthen our economy in the 21st Century. Science and technology are responsible for a very large portion of America’s economic growth over the past 50 years. And scientists and engineers today are in the best position to solve many of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and the world.
8:30 – 10:30 AM - drop it: design the lightest package to protect a raw egg from cracking after a five-story free fall; (schedule subject to change)
11 AM – 1 PM launch it: put a projectile with the greatest air aloft “hang time” launched by compressed air and water.
1 PM – 3 PM - thrill it: create a coaster with the longest ride time to go from the Start position to the Finish (with bonus points for loops and attraction)
Watch the Fizzix Funday 2008 video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTjmPmzkg7U
See the Fizzix Funday 2009 fotos at
http://seminolesecme.blogspot.com/2009/11/hawks-have-fizzix-funday.html
