It's a long holiday weekend, but we still fit some physics in!

Tomorrow is Veteran's Day, so we will not be at the workshop this week.  Many thanks to all of the veterans who fought and continue to fight to make our country a place where all children have the opportunity to get an education and we all have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  We are forever in debt to these heroes...

Since our focus at the Compass Project is STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) studies, we spent some time this Monday watching Andrew Njaa's AP physics class do some pumpkin chucking using catapults and trebuchets. What a blast (lol)!

Many thanks to Andrew for providing his students such a hands on experience with physics and engineering and for letting us watch them put on a great show.  The longest "chuck" we saw was an impressive 110 feet...