Physics students at Kennedale and Mansfield High Schools studied energy, momentum, and Newton’s Laws at a waterpark, Hawaiian Falls (Mansfield, TX) on May 28, 2014. Michael Strange, a physics teacher at Kennedale HS, was looking for a different venue to determine if the students really learned what they had been taught during the year. What a cool way to assess learning!! Students used their iOS devices to read QR codes and take data. The QR codes gave students some background information for each ride as well as problems they were to solve and data they were to collect. The QR codes also had quiz questions they were to discuss and be able to solve after they worked through the calculations from their experience. The event was sponsored by UTeach, UTA Science Dept, and local businesses. NBC News covered the event http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Students-Dive-Head-First-Into-School-Work-261008901.html
