April+2nd+2009+JGood

Today in Physics was a most magical day. It was finally W-Day, it was time to see if all we had learned during the past 2 weeks could really be put to the test. Could we actually kill a woolly mammoth with a little metal ball? At the beginning of class Mr. Manning informed us of what we must do. We all went to our tables and began to work out our calculations. We needed to know the vertical and horizontal displacement first. After discovering the displacements in CM we then had to convert those measurements into meters. We then used that information to find the velocity and such. Mr. Manning checked everybody's calculations before he gave us the height of the "woolly mammoth". Because we knew the horizontal displacement of the mammoth and it was only a matter of calculating a new time and vertical displacement. After everything was in place we let the ball roll. It was very very exciting. We also noticed that Mr. Manning had recently purchased some new glasses, he was looking mighty sharp. W-Day was over just like that, in one day. Most people were happy with their accuracy, although some people weren't satisfied with their results and vowed to work at improving their marksmanship one day, maybe not today, but one day.