Unit 8- Sky Rockets

Today we learned about different types of energy. They consist of potential energy which is the energy that something has before it is actually moving, and kinetic energy which is the energy that something has while it is moving. We also learned about work. Work is defined as any change in energy. The equation for work is W=F*D or, work equals force times displacement. If I wanted to find out how much work it takes me to walk up a hill versus run up the hill I would have to find the distance that I am traveling and the force that I am running/ walking with. Fortunately for me, the work would stay the same because I am going to the same place. The picture that I actually chose for today's lesson is of this baseball player because he is doing work when he is throwing the baseball.

Today we also got to play with the beginnings of bottle rockets. Tomorrow we will be doing ACTUAL rocket science woah...
All I have to say about that is...