Ci Activity: Physics Zipline Adventure

Unforgettable & mentally engaging

Unforgettable and mentally engaging - words that describe our Physics Zipline Adventure which is one of our many STEM activities designed to challenge the mind and engage the heart this summer at our Ci 2.0 7-day experience.



The Physics Zipline Adventure was one of the most favored STEM activities of Camp Infinity. Here is a summary of the STEM that students experienced in this event:

• build a clinometer
  
  
  
  • used a straw, string, metal washer and protractor to make
  
  
  •  enables the user to measure an angle from horizontal
  
  
  
  

 

• measure the height of the towers
  
  
  
  • measure the distance from where you stand to the base of the object of which you want to measure the height
  
  
  • look through the straw portion of the clinometer at the position you of which you want to find the height
  
  
  • the washer will hang from the string over the number on the protractor that corresponds to the angle
  
  
  • using trigonometry you can calculate the height of the object if you know the angle and the distance you are standing from the object
  
  
  • why? – it helps calculate the length of the cable the camper will ride which is used to calculate his speed
  
  
  
  

 

• determine how to calculate speed using a zipline simulator
  
  
  
  • used to help campers figure out how to calculate speed
  
  
  • gave opportunity to engineer and modify a carrier design
  
  
  
  

• ride the zipline and measure speed
  
  
  
  • used a stopwatch to take the time measurements which were used with the distance of the cable to calculate the average speed
  
  
  
  

• collect & analyze the data
  
  
  
  • afterward we did the math
  
  
  • used trigonometry to solve for length of cable the campers rode and divided by time from stopwatch
  
  
  
  

To experience this and many other unforgettable STEM activities, apply for our 7-Day STEM & Worldview camp this summer!