Elevator Pitch


Elevator Pitch

Jacob Hobaugh

Our project is centered on teaching middle schoolers the concept of the center of mass. We teach them the background in the pre-lab questions, and then run them through the fundamentals in the first lab using cardboard cutouts. The next two parts take it to the next level with showing them a variety of balancing of masses across a multi-level balance beam and rolling an object down a ramp with an unusual center of mass. In the post-lab they will explain what they have learned, and what they can apply it to in every day life.

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