Seabury Bumblebees

 With our mentors and the Ladybugs, Bumblebees worked on the design and construction of ramps. Ramps are one of the simple machines also called inclined plane. Students worked with the science of physics by creating a stable structure along which objects could travel. They had to engineer their ramps to create speed and yet not allow the marble or car to jump the track before reaching the end. They evaluated the materials they chose to work with, determined necessary and appropriate elevation and compared that to speed. They worked with friction and angles to create  the fastest, most successful ramps for marbles and cars to travel on.