York House School Blog
Mr. Britt’s Gr. 8 Science class demonstrated an important concept in Physics – force (gravity) and resistance (drag), in an egg parachute experiment.
The class was challenged to deliver an egg safely to the ground, by making a parachute out of a plastic bag. The largest parachutes (more resistance) should fall the slowest and cause the least amount of damage to the egg.
Watch them test out their parachutes in this video clip.
We often have guest speakers and special presentations to enhance classroom learning at the school. The Senior School recently had a couple of visitors drop by:
On Thursday, October 31, the Bio 11 class had a guest PhDs from UBC Science who talked their genetic cancer research project: Katharina Roth and Serena Baughman.
On Wednesday, November 6th, speakers from LINK (Liberty in North Korea) came by at lunch. They screened a short film about one young man’s escape from North Korea. Learn more about building the “Bridge to North Korea” here: http://www.libertyinnorthkorea.org
