Archive for October 2nd, 2008

Oct 02 2008

Want to Cut Down on Fuel Costs? Ride the School Bus!

Published by Mr. Brennan under Mr. B's News

Washington, D.C. (October 1, 2008) – As a result of the 480,000 school buses currently in operation, more than 2.3 billion gallons of fuel are spared each year, resulting in a net savings of more than $8 billion dollars in fuel costs, according to new statistics released by the American School Bus Council (ASBC) today.
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Oct 02 2008

Ms. Wright’s Class full of Airbags

Published by Mr. Brennan under Classroom Activities

Seventh grade science teacher, Ms. Wright, helped her students discover how air bags work. Students learned a variety of facts about air bags, and then conducted an experiment to test their home-made air bags. The crash test dummy for this experiment was a raw egg.
Here are some of the learning objectives for the unit:

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