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Saturday, October 1, 2011

Center of Gravity Experiment









This week we discussed the force of gravity and how it affects force in general. We read the book, "The Man Who Walked Between the Towers" by Mordicai Gerstein. It's a true story about a man who walked between the twin towers on a thin wire in 1974. He was arrested and his punishment was to perform for kids at a local park.





After we read our book, we completed a center of gravity experiment where the students discussed which shapes and placements of the pins would create a center of gravity so the objects would be balanced.