(GALLERY) CHS AP Physics students fire potato shooter during lab
Students in Angel Olinger’s AP Physics class at Clinton High School took to the outdoors during a class lab.
The group of seniors were studying simple harmonic motion during the lab, firing a potato shooter in order to measure the height of the oscillation to find gravitational potential energy.
Physics teacher Angel Olinger sprays hairspray in to the back of a potato shooter before Logan Salassi fires it at a target during an on-site physics lab session on Wednesday, January 20 at CHS.
Physics teacher Angel Olinger sprays hairspray in to the back of a potato shooter during an on-site physics lab session on Wednesday, January 20 at CHS.
Senior Logan Salassi fires a potato shooter during an on-site physics lab session on Wednesday, January 20 at CHS.
Aditya Remata and physics teacher Angel Olinger load a potato shooter during an on-site physics lab session on Wednesday, January 20 at CHS.
Senior Taylor May loads a potato shooter during an on-site physics lab session on Wednesday, January 20 at CHS.
Senior Taylor May and physics teacher Angel Olinger ready a potato shooter for firing during an on-site physics lab session on Wednesday, January 20 at CHS.
Senior Taylor May aims a potato shooter at a target during an on-site physics lab session on Wednesday, January 20 at CHS.
Senior Taylor May fires a potato shooter at a target during an on-site physics lab session on Wednesday, January 20 at CHS.
Seniors Madison Cloud, Justina Zheng and Kaitlyn Hamilton look on during an on-site physics lab session on Wednesday, January 20 at CHS.
Taylor May calculates numbers during an on-site physics lab session on Wednesday, January 20 at CHS.
Ibrahim Blake aims a potato shooter at a target during an on-site physics lab session on Wednesday, January 20 at CHS.