Force and Motion FUN!! Let's Make a Marshmallow Launcher

Here is what you will need.

Materials you will need.
- Marshmallows
- A plastic spoon
- 2 Pieces of duck tape
- 4 Rubber bands
- 9 Popsicle sticks

Your mission, if you accept it, is to build a launcher that will launch marshmallows into your partners mouth.  Good luck!

What is CENTRIPETAL FORCE?

Check out the cool examples of CENTRIPETAL FORCE!
What is CENTRIPETAL FORCE?

Think you have seen everything? Check out this fish!

Think like a scientist - Where in the ocean does this fish live?  How can it grow so big?  Why don't we see more of them?  What are some of your questions?

Check out this video of an electric eel!  It can make enough electricity to light a Christmas tree!

Check out this cool trick you can do at home and it tastes yummy!

What a cool way to change the state of matter!  Are they adding heat or taking a heat?
Try it at home.  Send me a picture of your experiment!  Email me  szwahr@brenhamk-12.net

WELCOME TO BMS!!

What did you do this summer that was fun?

I spent a week at the beach for my daughters wedding.  While I was there, a nest of sea turtles hatched!  It was so much fun watching them scramble toward the ocean!  117 baby sea turtles made their way to the ocean.  

Did you know sea turtles are considered endangered!  That means that they may go extinct in the near future.  Can you image a world without sea turtles? We can adopt a sea turtle or a nest and try to save them.

Go to http://www.defenders.org/sea-turtles/basic-facts to learn more about sea turtles. 

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Go to http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/kids/animals-pets-kids/wild-detectives-kids/wd-ep6-turtlerace/ to watch a video and solve a mystery about sea turtles

Check out the PANSTARRS comet tonight!

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The PANSTARRS comet will be visible all month in the west just after sunset.  Use binoculars, a telescope, or your awesome eyes to check it out.  Here how to find it: right after the sun sets, find the crescent moon in the west, look at the chart above to find its location on each date in March.  

Check out the links below to learn more about comets.

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/comets.htm
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/comets.html
http://kids.discovery.com/quizzes/space/asteroid-comet-or-meteor

Leave me a comment: Did you see the comet?  What did it look like?  What is a comet?  Tell me an interesting fact about a comet.  Show me what an awesome scientist you are!  Please leave only your initials and color group.