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STEM

Springs, Balls, Sponges and the Concept of Normal Force

When you push on an object, the object pushes back. This is the essence of “normal force,” which our young men studied in this week’s STEM lab. A person standing on the ground is being pulled toward the earth by gravity, but the floor isn’t just lying there — it’s actually pushing back. A chair […]

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Two New Teachers, and Newton’s Three Laws

Our new STEM teachers Veeshan Narinesingh and Tiffani Kolozian got to know our students this week while studying Newton’s three laws of motion. Veeshan is a physics graduate student at the City College of New York, and Tiffani is finishing her physics education degree at City College. Co-teachers Veeshan and Tiffani demonstrated Newton’s laws with several creative, […]

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