Last week, we met to divide the class in four groups with each group being responsible for devising an experiment.  The most striking and noteworthy group was that of Anestis, Nurta, Cristian and Ramon(who was absent due to the fact that he was in the hospital after rescuing a kitty cat from the tires of a car). Oh and Darwin joined the group too…

What we did:

Well, after we formally introduced ourselves we started thinking about potential projects. Of course, Nurta, being the crazy girl that she is, suggested we make an experiment that has”explosions or collisions or something cool!”. Having no other choice we started searching for such experiments and after rejecting making a hydrogen bomb we decided we would have two things collide and then observe the interaction between the two.

And?

Then, we wondered “What happens when two objects collide?” And this question prompted us to do an experiment on the conservation of momentum during the collision of two objects.

Process:

As i said we are going to design an experiment where an object collides with another object. We will measure the velocity of the first object, determine its momentum and then do the same thing for the second object after they have collided. Hopefully, the two momenta will be equal to each other, though opposite in direction.

How does the experiment relate to the class?

Well,  the class is called sustainability and energy and momentum is related to velocity and  in extent kinetic energy).