The Cleveland Cavaliers are taking over the gym classes at Jordak Elementary School...
Cavs Coach Leads Gym Classes
The Cleveland Cavaliers are taking over the gym classes at Jordak Elementary School. Students have been excited to have a Cavs coach be part of their gym class for a day. The takeover is part of the Cavs Academy that the organization usually offers to schools, but because of COVID, the team is holding the gym class takeover virtually.
Coach Jon White led Mrs. Courtney Dyer’s kindergarten class through a series of exercises similar to what Cavs players do, including jumping jacks, squats, sit-ups and push-ups. The kindergartners impressed him with their determination to do more sit-ups and push-ups than what he asked. He asked for five, they wanted to do seven push-ups and ten sit-ups.
The Cavs say the whole idea of the gym class takeover is to bring the energy and activities to get kids up and moving. The school is grateful to the Cavs for providing the experience to the students. Thanks again to Coach Jon and the Cavs organization for a fun gym class!
It’s Electric
Eighth-grade science students had an electric week in class not too long ago. While using social distancing practices, students had the opportunity to experience static charge using a tesla coil, which is a radio frequency oscillator that produces voltage at low currents, and a Van de Graaf machine, which is an electrostatic generator that produces electricity at low current levels. Together, the two provide some insight into the concepts of forces being contact and non-contact in terms of static.
Additionally, using either machine, students can experience conduction, which is transmission of electricity through a substance, and induction, which is production of an electric or magnetic state, to see the law of charges work with attraction and repulsion. Teacher Dave Bronson set up the experiment to give students a hands-on experience with static charges.
