Southwestern Students Excel at Magic Mountain Physics Day Competition

This past Saturday, March 19th, seventy-one students went to Six Flags Magic Mountain for the annual Physics Day event.  Thirty-six of these students participated in the Physics Olympics sponsored each year by Six Flags.  There were 5 different competitions in which 1^st and 2^nd place were awarded in each.  We are very happy to report that our students placed in each event.  We won a total of 5 out of the 10 awards. Congratulations go to:

Benjamin Wu – 2^nd Place, Paper Airplane Contest for Accuracy

Henry Lopez – 1^st Place, Paper Airplane Contest for Distance

Nick Broihier, Henry Lopez, and Manu Kern – 2^nd Place Paper Tower (130 cm)

Masamichi Makino -- 2^nd Place Projectile Motion

Nick Chung -- 1^st Place Constant Acceleration

An estimated 100 students participated in each competition. Congratulations to our winners and to all who participated!