Physics, Monday, Class #2, Period 4

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam was smiling as the students wandered, in, once again nursing a large cup of coffee. "First, I'd like to welcome you all back to class. For those of you who aren't fulfilled with only one physics class a week, I'd like to announce that there's a science lab that will be open once a week for anything you'd like to do, science-wise, barring intentional explosions or things that would be more appropriately conducted in the Danger Room Shop. This will probably be on Saturdays. It's a good place to work on and test your pumpkin chuckers before the final exam. Speaking of which, I'll need your pairings at the end of class, please."

"We'll start with the basics. Geophysics today and next week, Thermodynamics to round out the month," she said. "As we started talking about Sir Isaac Newton last week, I figured we'd begin with his definition for gravity first, then move on to the Einsteinian next week."

She wrote the equation for gravitation on the board, including writing out what each constant meant. "Force equals mass times the gravitational constant, which means that the gravitational force equals the mass of the object times 9.8 meters per second squared, at least on Earth. On smaller planets or places like the moon, the gravitational pull on the same size body will be less than it is on Earth, which is less than it is on a planet the size of Jupiter."

"Why is this important? Well, gravity keeps the universe from falling apart--it keeps you on this planet, it keeps the planets in orbit around the sun, and it keeps satellites from falling out of orbit around their planets. It's also responsible for things like the tides. Basically? It keeps you from drifting out into the open void of space, which is generally considered a good thing. For the less graceful among us, it's why we own things like brooms and mops and dustpans."

"And now that you've sat through the boring parts," she grinned, "I'll let you try gravity in action. There are raw eggs over on the table--and yes, they're fresh--and fully moddable packaging materials are next to them. Try to make a protective covering that will keep your eggs safe, and then we'll drop them to see whose egg survives the trip."

[ooc: OCD is up!]

Comments

Sign In #2

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Dorkily!

Re: Sign In #2

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

John

During the Lecture

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

If you're still awake

Re: During the Lecture

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

John completely blamed the tryptophan in his turkey sandwich for the need to continually smack himself to stay awake during the lecture.

Re: During the Lecture

[my-tragic-past.livejournal.com]

By the time the word 'thermodynamics' made its appearance, Kevin had totally zoned out.

Re: During the Lecture

[ktarian-wildman.livejournal.com]

Naomi was still awake and enthusiastically taking down detailed notes.

Re: During the Lecture

[carsexual]

Sam jerked awake at one point, wondered if he could, like, get notes from Bumblebee, and dozed back off.

Re: During the Lecture

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

Chad didn't have problem staying awake for all the careful attention he was paying to the lecture. He wanted to do really well, especially in light of last night.

Re: During the Lecture

[withoutverona]

Romeo really wasn't following. He was trying, but it was flying over his head and he wasn't in a mood to jump to catch up.

He spent the lecture doodling instead.

Re: During the Lecture

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka ate this stuff up, and took all kinds of detailed notes.

But eventually, he frowned in confusion and raised his hand. "Uh... Are you sure this is right? I mean, according to this, everything should fall at the same speed, and... they don't."

Re: During the Lecture

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

Of course Hoshi was wide awake and taking detailed notes.

Re: During the Lecture

[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

Rodney was totally awake for this. He didn't need to take notes, but he did because, as TA, he felt it was important that he keep a record of exactly what was covered in each class.

Re: During the Lecture

[techno-tosh.livejournal.com]

Tosh was very much awake and taking very detailed notes. No way was she going to be asleep for this.

Re: During the Lecture

[the_merriest]

Rikku was taking very, very detailed notes. Dude. Dude. Duuuuuude.

Okay, and flicking over nervous glances at Romeo. Mostly: notes.

Re: During the Lecture

[lil-yellow.livejournal.com]

Bumblebee nodded to himself as the she went through the equation, occasionally playing snatches of songs (http://lyrics.trancestation.nl/496/BT_Force_of_Gravity.php) (very softly).

Re: During the Lecture

[blackmagic-eve.livejournal.com]

Okay, ow, Eve's brain was hurting already. This could not be a good sign.

Work on the Egg Drop Casings

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Seriously, balsa, foam, packing peanuts, egg cartons, tissue paper, etc. It's all here.

Re: Work on the Egg Drop Casings

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Having some experience wrapping things in bubble wrap and tossing them from the roof, John created a very complicated package for his egg involving as many different materials as he could.

Re: Work on the Egg Drop Casings

[my-tragic-past.livejournal.com]

Not really getting it, Kevin just started to glue random bits of tissue paper to his egg. He was making a little outfit, complete with cape and tiny foam shoes.

Re: Work on the Egg Drop Casings

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

Worf studied the materials and carefully examine the egg.

He first began to bend the balsa wood around the egg in careful layers before adding a layer of foam and another layer of balsa wood.

Drop Your Eggs!

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Mod how you do

Re: Drop Your Eggs!

[withoutverona]

Romeo's parachute failed to deploy, and the egg shattered inside the carton casing as it hit the ground.

Alas.

Final Project Sign-Ups

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Pick a partner, sign up together

Re: Final Project Sign-Ups

[my-tragic-past.livejournal.com]

Kevin looked around, hoping to catch the eye of someone who looked smart.

TAs

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

When they ping in

Re: TAs

[lil-yellow.livejournal.com]

Bumblebee was there, being veeery careful with eggs.

Talk to Sam

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

When I'm back from work!

Re: Talk to Sam

[the_merriest]

Rikku was waiting after class, bouncing on her toes excitedly. (More so than usual, even.)

OOC

[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Still not ending the world!

Re: OOC

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

I remember working with my chem teacher from high school for a science Olympiad.

The winning team basically had a carton of raw hamburger that they would drop the egg into.