Science Week

What Science ideas did I learn?

I learned about Physical quantities
Making graphs, tables, and dot diagrams
For the first time, we used a machine that measured distance

How did I learn these ideas?

-We learned that a physical quantity is any unit of measure. For example, inches, quarts, pounds, seconds, minutes hours, and so on.

-This week we learned how to and made many graphs, table, and dot diagrams of different things we saw, such as Mr. Segen walking across the room. As each second past by, the grapgh would either increase or decrease in angles. For example, if he walked farther, the the graph would have become more steep. If he did not walk far at all, then the graph would be less steep and kind of curvy.



On Friday we got to use the machines that measured time and distance. You could aim it at someone or something moving and when the time was up it would create a graph of the distance the thing was from it at specific time. It not only did that, but it could combine any graphs it recorded into one graph. The experiment my group did was that Camille would run far and just suddenly stop.



How can these ideas be applied to modern day life?

All of these ideas can easily be applied to modern day life. Say there is a bus in New York. This bus is traveling at 60 mph with no turns or stops. If it immediatly stops at a bus stop then the graph would look something like this. It would be really really steerp, then it would just go fla and there would be a straight line until it speeds up again.