This presentation will share fun and simple ways to more fully incorporate major wave phenomena such as sound into an AP Physics curriculum, while supporting the College Board AP Physics units on Simple Harmonic Motion and Oscillations, with interactive demonstrations and hands-on activities. With such a minimal emphasis, wave phenomena can easily be quickly skipped over at the end of the school year for a typical AP Physics classroom rushing to wrap up before the exam in May. “I especially love Halloween because I get to go trick-or-treating and watch horror movies which lets me feel like a little kid again and destress for a bit.Though a staple for modeling natural phenomena in much of modern science, oscillatory motion consists of at best 14% of any high school AP Physics exams focus and at most 6% in AP Physics 1. “I really enjoyed spending time with my friends planning our costumes,” Angelina said. She recognizes the benefits of embracing the spooky season. Winners of both the costume contest and candy jar guessing contest will receive Starbucks gift cards.Ĭostume contest entrant Angelina Antony (10) dressed up as Maleficent as part of a Disney princesses and villains group costume. The jar held an assortment of candies like Nerds and candy corn. Students also participated in the Halloween candy guessing contest in front of Manzanita Hall. “A lot of people did Men in Black this year, so that was really cool.” “Hosting creates spirit in our community, and it’s a fun day to come dressed up in different costumes,” Sonia said. To enter the contest, students and faculty registered with HSLT Community Secretary Sonia Yu (11). The contest featured the categories of best overall, most creative, funniest, best duo and best group. The community donned a variety of costumes, from fairies with tutus and wings to bloodied Breaking Bad attire. Harker Spirit Leadership Team (HSLT) hosted a Halloween costume contest and a candy jar estimation contest in front of Manzanita Hall on Tuesday. Halloween costume and estimation jar contest It’s a natural fit with Halloween because the science seems mysterious.” Then, the students can figure out how it’s working, and that’s the interesting physics side of it. “The overall idea is that a lot of these things on the surface are mysterious. “There’s so cool physics phenomena that in class, students don’t get to see,” Pflaumer said. The experiments were spread out through the Nichols Atrium and teachers’ classrooms. Sophomores Ashley Mo and Minal Jalil blow out bubbles in the Haunted Physics Lab. The experiments were spread throughout the Nichols Atrium, upper school physics teacher Lisa Radice’s classroom and Pflaumer’s classroom, where the dimmed lights enhanced the eerie ambiance. In another, they wrote messages with only a flashlight beam. In one spooky experiment, students melded their faces with those of their peers by sitting on either sides of a dark screen. Upper school physics teacher Scott Pflaumer organized over 65 Halloween-themed science experiments for students in the Haunted Physics Lab during lunch on Thursday. “For the theme of our pumpkin, we wanted to carve something that everyone would know, so we carved an evil Elmo. “I participated in the pumpkin carving contest because I wanted to make sure that my grade got involved in some of the spirit activities,” frosh SAB representative and pumpkin carving participant Samaara Patil said. Seniors clinched a first place victory, earning 100 spirit points, juniors secured second place with 75 points, and sophomores and frosh finished third and fourth with 50 and 25 points respectively. ( Tiffany Zhu)įaculty judged the pumpkins based on creativity and execution. The junior class won second place in the contest and are currently in the lead for most spirit points. Juniors Harriss Miller and Harrison Chen assemble pumpkin parts to create a pirate ship during the pumpkin carving contest. Seniors crafted colorful flowers out of pumpkins, the juniors sculpted a pirate ship, the sophomores carved a jack-o-lantern devouring a smaller pumpkin and the frosh created a devilish rendition of Elmo. During the contest, each class showcased their unique pumpkin carving designs. To prepare for the contest, Student Activities Board (SAB) representatives from all grades visited Spina Farms to select pumpkins for their class on Oct. Students and staff competed in a pumpkin carving contest for spirit points in front of Manzanita Hall during lunch on Thursday. Pumpkin carving contest commences Halloween celebrations The upper school community engaged in Halloween festivities like a pumpkin carving contest, haunted physics lab and costume contest on Oct.
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