How high can a bouncy ball bounce?
How fast is a Nerf dart?
Join Capt. Barrington Irving and STEM@GTRI’s Jack Wood to explore the answers to these questions and more in another session around The Science of Toys!
This session is connected to the following GSE. Instructional resources aligned to these GSE and the topic for the session will be available two weeks prior to the event with your registration.
S8P3. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about cause and effect relationships between force, mass, and the motion of objects.
S8P4. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to support the claim that electromagnetic (light) waves behave differently than mechanical (sound) waves.
SPS8. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain the relationships among force, mass, and motion.
SPS9. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain the properties of waves.
About our speakers:
Jack Wood is a Senior Research Scientist at Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI). Mr. Wood specializes in optics research. He also spends a considerable amount of time doing educational outreach, and manages the LaserFest outreach program at STEM@GTRI.
Captain Barrington Irving is a Jamaican-born American pilot who previously held the record for the youngest person to pilot a plane around the world solo, a feat he accomplished in 2007. He is also the first Black person and first Jamaican to accomplish this feat.
Irving was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew up in Miami, Florida.He is a graduate of Miami Northwestern Senior High School. He turned down multiple football scholarship offers with his sights set on aviation, studying at Broward Community College and Florida Memorial University, where he graduated with honors. Learn more about Captain Irving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUiTNFAG4_c
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrington_Irving
About Direct to Discovery:
Direct to Discovery delivers the research expertise of Georgia Tech and the Georgia Tech Research Institute virtually to classrooms using modern web conferencing technology. Schools and researchers can interact with one another and investigate phenomena that inspire, motivate, and empower experiential learning.
About STEM@GTRI:
STEM@GTRI is the Georgia Tech Research Institute’s K12 outreach program. Funded by the State of Georgia, the mission of STEM@GTRI is to inspire, engage, and impact Georgia educators and students by providing access to experts in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
Through meaningful partnerships and collaborations, we strive to increase STEM literacy, improve student academic performance in STEM subjects, provide awareness of and encourage students to pursue educational and career opportunities in STEM fields, and provide resources for teachers to strengthen their STEM-related curriculum.
Learn more about STEM@GTRI and Direct to Discovery at https://gtri.gatech.edu/stem.