WATER BALLOON TOSS! This week in physics we learned more about momentum and impulse. We studied this by tossing water balloons across Konia field. It is possible to catch a water balloon without popping it because it absorbs most of the force from when it is caught. If this force is too great than the balloon pops and makes the catcher all wet. In order to prevent the balloon from popping you need to increase the time of contact. This decreases the impulse, the change of momentum, so that it is not too great that it would cause the balloon to experience a great amount of force thus popping it. Chayse and I were partners for this water balloon toss across Konia. We won the toss because we understood and used momentum and impulse to our advantage. SO... if you ever have a water balloon toss just remember your physics and decrease the impulse.
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