Off to the races with physics!

By Debra Shapiro

Posted on 2011-11-13

I enjoyed watching auto races as a child, so I decided to check out Norm Barstow’s session, Elastic Power: Wind Up Your Engines and Explore (a.k.a. “NASCAR in New Orleans”).

Preparing for the big race

Barstow had elementary and middle school teachers use an elastic-powered wooden car to explore energy transfer and force and motion.

Norm Barstow with one of the "race car drivers"

Check out Barstow’s “lab coat”: No boring science lessons for his students! 🙂

Start your engines…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOs1lJBlTNs[/youtube]

I interviewed Barbara Park about her experiences in this session.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf62Zjwq39c[/youtube]

Off to the races with physics!

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