UCSD COSMOS Cluster 2

Officially, we we do not have to blog anymore. However, last week I wrote this blog and never posted it, so here it is:

Wow, I can’t believe it’s already Thurday! I havent’t blogged since Monday, so I have a lot to talk about. On Tuesday we had a Discovery Lecture about stem cells which was really interesting and informative. Larry Goldstein did a good job of giving us an understanding of the topic without being to political. After lunch Shelby and I were early so we got to help Professor de Callafon fill up water balloons. Later we launched these water balloons to learn about horizontal and vertical motion. It was fun, but we were not very accurate and we never hit the target. We also did experiments with a soda bottle rocket and rubber balls, which were also fun and informative. It was much better to be playing outside than to listen to lectures. At night we watched Anchorman, which was kind of stupid. On Wednesday we got our first taste of the kinetic sculpture as we assembled the basic structures. Our group worked well together and we found ways to communicate such as naming obscure parts after teammates. The useful clips are now Shelby’s. It was difficult to construct the kinetic sculpture based on a picture, but we succeeded and I was really proud when I watched the balls whiz down the track. In the afternoon we did experiments, and we got an 80% error! This was sad until we found out the expected error was in the 90’s so we actually did well. I hope we get better photogates with less error. Anyways, I have to go. Hopefully our webpage will be up soon.