First+Period+2012

First Period: The Task: Get Mentos into Diet Coke!

Adrian, Tristen, Bethany, and Lauren

Design: Explanation, A= Fire burns the string ( Chemical Potential ) B= Ball rolls down into the tube ( kinetic energy) C= Dominos fall down and hits the ball ( o Kinetic) D= Ball hits the car ( Potential to Kinetic) E= Car rolls over the string and hits the track ( Potential to Kinetic) F= Ramp hits the mintoe ( Potnetial to Kinetic) G= Mintoe rolls down the ramp ( Kinetic) H= Mintoe goes into the diet coke ( Chemical energy)

Toppy, Becca, Hayden, and Cierra Design:



A: Ball falls from ladder (Mechanical) B: Cardboard being lifted up (Potential) C: Ball hitting Newtons Cradle (Kinetic) D: Dominoes falling (Potential to kinetic) E:Car hitting the cup (Kinetic) F: Cup falling hitting the mento (Potential to kinetic) G: cardboard ramp on the side of the table where mento slides down9Potential) H: Paper funnel for mento to go into (potential) I: Diet coke bottle(Potential)

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Dillon, Brooks, Nick Design:

explanation: A. We called a phone. Electromagnetic B. The phone moves and bumps car. Kinetic C. The car rolls down the ramp and hits the rod. Kinetic D. The rod hits the car with the candle on it. Kinetic E. The car rolls under the string burning it. Chemical F. The broken string releases a weight hitting a line of dominoes. Kinetic G. The dominoes hit a marble sending it down a ramp. Kinetic H. The marble hits the mento knocking it into the diet coke. Kinetic I. The mento reacts with the diet coke making it fiz.Chemical

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Brian, Taelor, Kristyn, Hunter

Design: Explanation: A. Pendulum starts to swing. Potential to Kinetic B. Pendulum reaches center swing. Kinetic to Potential C. Pendulum hits ball, and the ball starts to roll. Potential to Kinetic D. Ball hits Newton Cradle. Kinetic to Potential E. Newton Cradle starts to swing. Potential to Kinetic F. Newton Cradle domino chain. Kinetic to Potential G. Dominoes start to fall. Potential to Kinetic H. Dominoes hit mento. Kinetic to Potential I. Mento starts to roll down the ramp. Potential to Kinetic. J. Mento falls into soda. Kinetic to Chemical Potential

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Chandler, Andy, Jamarkis, Kinnidy

Design: Explanation A. Candle has chemical potential B. Lighting of candle is thermal C. Hammer gains kinetic energy and hits the ball. D. Dominoes have potential and gain kinetic energy. E. Ball goes from potential to kinetic energy. F. Car has potential energy, gains kinetic energy. G. Index card has potential energy. Card pulled out, gains kinetic. H. Mento falls, gaining kinetic energy.

Ash, Connor, Kristen

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Explanation: A. The hammer hit the tennis ball and knocked it on to the ramp. Potential B. The tennis ball rolled down the ramp and hit the scissors. Kinetic C. When the tennis ball hit the scissors it caused them to close and cut the fishing wire. Potential to Kinetic D. The fishing wire was tied to a ball on Newton's cradle so when it was cut the ball fell causing Newton's cradle to start its affect. Potential E. The energy traveled through the balls in the cradle causing the last one to swing out. Kinetic F. When the last ball swung out it hit a domino which fell and hit another domino. This happened several times. Kinetic to Potential G. There was a string tied to the last domino which was knocked off of the table. The other end of the string was tied to a card which was taped to the bottom of a tube. When the domino fell it jerked the card out. Potential to Kinetic H. The mento was in the tube, on top of the card so that when the card was removed it fell into a funnel which was on top of the bottle of soda. Potential to Kinetic Video