Physics Class "Does" Physics at Valleyfair

Yesterday the physics class here at CCHS boarded a bus and headed off for a day at Valleyfair, partially to learn about physics and mostly to have fun here at the year’s end. During their time there, the students calculated the speed of Steel Venom and found that it travels at about 13.1 meters/second, but you don’t really think about that then you’re suspended 185 feet in the air facing the ground. Power Tower is the same way, but it’s a little higher and more of a sudden drop, which leaves for little mathematical thinking in the four seconds that you spend plummeting back to earth. The sun was (surprisingly) out for part of the time, making for a pleasant day to be outside. The class boarded the bus again at 2:30 and headed home having avoided most classes of the school day.

- Nathan Bonnema