PhysicsLAB

MHS Physics Olympics
Cumulative Summary of in-class Trials

updated April 24, 1999

COATHOOK CANNON FOIL BARGE PAPER TOWER
DOWNHILL COASTER LAZER ZAP SODASTRAW STRONGARM
EGG DROP PAPER AIRPLANE

 

EGG
DROP

volume (m3)

mass (g)

date

1998

Mr. Morrison

0.00126

95.9

4/10/98

1998

Wood, M and Patel, A and Mulchan, S

0.00332

50.0

4/24/98

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FOIL
BARGE

pennies

date

1998

Rivera, P and Tardy, A

106

4/2/98

1999

Asselin, Lee

110

2/18/99

2000

Harris, Brad 104 4/4/00

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PAPER
AIRPLANE

distance (m)

date

1998

Taylor, Derrick

27.2

4/10/98

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PAPER
TOWER

height (cm)

date

1998

Randy Van Holten

140

4/1/98

1999

Byrne, David and Novy, Richard

163.5

2/25/99

2000 Eric Oppenheimer, Ryan Massfeller, Joe Reigard 180 4/4/00
2000 Ryan Kiel 229 4/7/00

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SODA STRAW
STRONGARM

length (cm)

date

1998

Rivera, P

63

4/10/98

1999 Patel, Pinkee and Oldenburg, Teresa and Shah, Mittal 71 3/18/99
2000 Jonas Coesfeld 78 4/1/00

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COATHOOK
CANNON

distance (cm)

date
1998 Shanbhag, Preeti

1

4/29/98

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DOWNHILL
COASTER

distance (cm)

date
1997 McClanahan, Joe and Gergely, Gabor on the line 4/15/97
1998 Bertalan, Charles on the line 4/29/98
1999 Bailey, Steven and Baumgartner, Eileen 1 4/20/99
1999 Sandford, Micheal and Blais, Daniel 1 4/22/99

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LAZER
ZAP

date

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