Class studies Newton's Third Law of Motion by racing geyser cars

Getting ready to race...

...and they're off!

 

We had to go to computers today to take the math practice test.  However, our lovely technology didn’t cooperate.  So we came back to class.

In science we worked with textures and we raced our Steve Spangler cars.  Ask your child about this!  They were a hit and I have told them we might do them again if time allows.

The cars demonstrate Newton's Third Law of Motion -- For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.  When the Mentos geyser erupts out of the two-liter bottle in one direction (action), the car rockets off in the other direction (reaction).