Sept 30 Class

Instead of having class face to face today, we had to look at a website that had weights and springs on it that measured the kinetic energy, potential energy, thermal energy and the total energy. It was a very fun activity becuase you were able to hang different amount of weights onto the springs. You were also able change the gravity level as it would be on earth, jupiter, the moon and planet x. That was interesting to see becuase you were able to compare the gravity of the planets without actually being on the planet. You could also change the friction and the softness of the different springs. Also, you could vary the time of the springs to to real time, 1/4 time, 1/16 time and pause. I thought this activity was a great learning tool and something that I could use in my classroom to show my students varying levels of gravity.