Bungee Project - 8G STEM - 2015

As 8th grade boys learn about forces, motion, and gravity, they are also learning about exponential graphing. This sounds like a STEM project!!! Through careful prototyping and collecting data, teams of 8th grade boys created a bungee cord system - at the correct length - for a jumper (action figure) to jump from the roof of the school building into the pool on the sidewalk. It was a splashing success!

I remember teaching this unit when I taught 8th grade, many years ago. It is now an annual trandition.