#16

This week was quite intereting. First of all, regualr physics class had their projects and i was helping my friends out. It was interesting how they had to make a car out of mouse trap as their engine. They used their physics knowledge and debated what kind of car would be good. Many of them thought making the wheels frictionless would make the car go farther but i told them the car needs friction in order to even move. Also, many argued that the car should be as light as it could be. However, clay and i both told them it should have a good amount of mass so it has momemtum to keep it going. However, it couldnt be too heavy so that it cant move. I told them to calculate it out but they seemed like theyre just going to just guess and check how it works. I knew right away this is the difference between AP and regular classes. We AP students will definitely calculate it out to see which kind of cars would get maximum efficiency out of the mouse trap before we start building one. It was fun watching them make though.