February 27

Ski Jump Activity

We had to make a skier with popsicle stick skis and a tinfoil body for this activity. We researched and found some strategies on how to position the skier. I was in a group with Cece H. and Ada M. We positioned the skier in 2 different positions, as well as the skies were positioned in 2 different positions too. A common body position that Olympic skiers use is the position where they are parallel with the skies and their skies are in a V shape.  Most Olympic skiers also don’t put their arms in front of them like Superman, because it slows them down. One day when I had a band event and I missed tech class for that say, my teammates and other classmates had a competition on who could make their skiers go the farthest, and we won… as you can see below.