[IAEP] Physics

[K. K. Subramaniam]

On Wednesday 01 Jul 2009 6:05:08 pm Alan Kay wrote:
> An important part of "ball drop" was the separation of 3-4 months between
> "the math" (scripting various kinds of motion for the children's painted
> cars and dropping markers to reveal the history of their motion), and "the
> science" (handling various 3-4" spherical objects ranging from fruits to
> sponge and croquet balls, and two weights of shotputs; speculating on how
> they would fall relative to each other, coming up with ways to determine
> this, and then a range of experiments in which the janitor dropped the
> objects.
This perspective on doing experiments is missing/too brief in the DVD and the 
online clips. What options were considered? Why were some dropped? Why was 
this way of learning gravity chosen? Like the first scene in "Designing the 
curriculum".

The thinking and planning that goes into such experiments deserves to be 
shared and replicated on a whole scale. 

Subbu