Physical science classes taught by Ryan McCoy and Nick Jury, shift from their previous unit into learning about several types of energy on Nov. 25. Mr. McCoy provided a demonstration on how kinetic and potential energy work. He takes out one of the ceiling tiles and attaches a rope to it, on the other end of the rope a bowling ball is connected. McCoy grabs the bowling ball pulling it up about as high as his face. He allows the bowling ball to drop from this spot. The bowling ball swings through the air coming back at McCoy. The ball approaches him but barely misses his face, this allows McCoy explains to his students how this demonstrates the kinetic and potential energy of the bowling ball. Nick Jury explains to us why he thinks the experiment is so important.
“ It shows just how energy transfers and how energy is always happening in the world, its hands on…and a fun experiment for the kids to see.” Jury said.
