Mobile Ed. Productions, Inc. brought an entertaining and educational assembly to Donnelly Elementary School February 6. The event, sponsored by the Donnelly PTA, did as advertised: made physics FUN!

Presenter Mr. Tripp kept the audience entranced with the elements of physics in a show based on Sir Isaac Newton and his laws of physics as well as the inventions of Robert VandeGraff and Nikola Tesla, who pioneered experiments in static electricity and are responsible for many modern pieces of electronics that we have today.

During the "sound" portion of the program, students learned what "sound" is, how we hear, why we hear, and the difference between loud and soft sounds. Next, was gyros and gyroscopic stability. Large working models of gyros were used by students and adults alike, to the obvious delight of the audience.

During the final segment, Mr. Tripp introduced a pulse ram jet engine, explaining how Newton's third law - the law of action and reaction - applies to jet engines.

Photos by Darlene Oleniacz