Physical science class kicks off the new semester with a falling objects lab, Jan. 14. In this lab, students experiment with different objects such as marbles, balloons and blocks to see if their decent and ground impact would happen at a similar pace. Making observations of different qualities in the objects such as density, weight, shape and texture, students test the rate of their fall. 

Keely Friesen, ’23, made an early hypothesis that characteristics of the falling objects would make drastic changes throughout the experiment.

“I thought that the heavier object would definitely fall faster than lighter objects,” Friesen said. “Through the experiment my hypothesis was proven true.”

Science instructor Scott Bucher has taught at Fresno Christian for six years. Utilizing his degree in physics, Bucher teaches a variety of classes such as physical science, calculus, chemistry, physics, and statistics. 

“The purpose of this lab was to help students learn how to execute their own experiment. It wasn’t really to teach them about how things fall, it was to learn how to control an experiment.” Bucher said. “I think it’s an experiment that is very confusing to them and most don’t perform very well on it because there is too much stuff for them to focus on, but that is part of the bigger lesson. The students need to learn how to weed through and figure out what works.”

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