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Physics Class, May 12, 2009.

The day was Tuesday, the objective, Physics..

On this marvelous half-day we started off class with presentations. There were two total, and the first one was done by Matt and Tyler, who presented their roller coaster to us called the "Tallymonster". The name is a bit confusing, however a "tally" supposedly is a ball of fire that is released from the "Tallymonsters" mouth. I found this roller coaster to be very interesting because is had lots of ineresting flips and turns in it, and the design was very neat and attractive to see.

The next presentation was done by Vita and Rachel. They brought with them a model of their coaster which I thought was really cool. The ride was called the "Miracula", a Dracula themed ride based on a picture that Rachel drew one day of Mr. Manning which supposedly looked like Dracula. Vita had some problems working the roller coaster model at first, however with some slight adjustments, the roller coaster looked very well done and seemed to be a hit with the audience. Vita also described some of the Dracula type things that will be featured in this ride, such as a complimentary Dracula cape to every rider. Very cool!

At this point we were running short on time since it was a half day, however we did have time to do the Daily Question that was shown to us. The Daily Question concerned "Parallax" which is by definition "the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object". An example of Parallax that you could do right now at your home would be to put two fingers in front of your face at two different places and move your head left and right. You will notice that the finger closest to you will move more than the finger that is farther away. Cool huh?

Here is the Daily Question that was given to us today.

And here are the two images from the question

You will notice, that the right eye will see Image A ..and the left eye will see Image B

This is the beauty of Parallax folks.

Well that just about wraps it up. Don't forget 7 days until Hershey Park! Don't forget to sign up your groups and get your permission slips in by Friday. Cya