Field Trips / Science Day

I seems that every time that I go to Cedar Point on a weekday in May, the park is full of high school kids doing their science/geometry projects. Is there any pattern when the high school kids storm the park on field trips, or is it just well scattered throughout the month of May?

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I believe physics day is the day you are referring to. I am not sure as to what date has been set for this year, perhaps someone else can help me out here..

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Free your mind.
05.15.03

Physics Day is May 22nd this year. However, you're right; May and June are huge months for student groups at the Point (maybe because the park has such a huge student group ticket incentive at this time ^_~ ). It makes sense though; the kids are still in school, or they're just getting out, so we have the class/senior trips, the physics classes, the post-proms...you name it.

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Our physics class goes on Tuesday the 13th (wee!) :)

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Tommy Penner - YoYoBaybeeMan
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Physics Day is May 22nd? Darn, I thought my physics teacher was trying to avoid that day... :(

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Sundays are usually not good in May because of Post-Proms. I know there's quite a few people going on opening day for after-prom.

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which days are there science days, id like to avoid them on my trip so i don't have to wait for all the rides

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The "official" Physics Day is May 22nd... however, not every class comes that day.

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LiveEdavid said:
which days are there science days, id like to avoid them on my trip so i don't have to wait for all the rides

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Sorry but even though there is only one Physics Day, nearly every day during the week in May is going to be busy with HS / JH kids on school trips. Of course it all depends on what you consider packed, or too long of lines?

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JohnDubya said:
Sorry but even though there is only one Physics Day, nearly every day during the week in May is going to be busy with HS / JH kids on school trips. Of course it all depends on what you consider packed, or too long of lines?

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Could someone please explain to me the educational benifit of going to Cedar Point on a class trip? Why aren't these kids in school learning? They have the whole summer to go to the park.

Just as a side thought, CP ought to dedicate a day or two in May (before school is out) as "adult day", so adults can enjoy the park with out of uncivilization of teenagers.

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*** This post was edited by Shankomatic 4/23/2003 5:30:27 PM ***



Could someone please explain to me the educational benifit of going to Cedar Point on a class trip? Why aren't these kids in school learning? They have the whole summer to go to the park.

Well, PHYSICS Day is usually used to study just that, PHYSICS. And seeing as rollercoasters and amusement park rides are prime examples of physics, why not learn while having fun at the same time??



Just as a side thought, CP ought to dedicate a day or two in May (before school is out) as "adult day", so adults can enjoy the park with out of uncivilization of teenagers.

I guess this could be done if Cedar Point wants to get rid of it's demographic as a family park, not to mention a large portion of ticket sales in May go to school groups for various events like after proms, senior days, physics days, etc... I don't think the GP or CP would go for this idea, I sure don't.

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*** This post was edited by Jacob Heller 4/23/2003 5:31:22 PM ***

The whole point of the Physics day is to allow students in physics classes to apply what they have learned in the classroom, a.k.a "lab" to the "real world", I believe that they bring tools and such to measure g-forces, etc, on selected rides. On the more intense coasters, I believe that they are given the information, the last thing we need is a physics tool flying off of the Force and hitting someone..:)

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Free your mind.
05.15.03

Unfortunately for our Physics Day, we have a fairly large packet of worksheets to complete, with the same amount of points as a test grade :(

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Tommy Penner - YoYoBaybeeMan
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Not all of us are "uncivilized"....
Last year, there was a book available with lessons and tests about the physics on Cedar Point's rides that teachers could purchase to help teach their class while they were in the park.

Students are always whining to their teachers, "Is this stuff really usable in real life?" Well, field trips can be a great way to showcase of "schoolwork in action." When I was in high school, my class from Michigan drove six hours to go to the Point for Physics Day, my calculus class went to the Spirit of Ford in Dearborn, MI, to listen to real car designers talk about how they use mathematics in their jobs, and my Advanced Chemistry class went to the Dow Corporation Laboratories (those folks who make Saran Wrap, among other things) in Midland, MI, to speak with research chemists. I can't even begin to count the number of Shakespeare plays my English classes attended while studying British Literature. These trips were one of the highlights of the year -- and yes, we did have to do homework after, but they were still a TON of fun and we got to see why and how what we were learning was applicable in the "real" world.
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I will be there for Physics Day this year

yay!

I hope its not TOO crowded though...

we called last year, because our school always goes on a day that is NOT physics day. But when we called last year, they gave us the wrong day, so now everything is planned out and we cant change it because of MEAP tests and Senior Skip Day.... so we either go on the official physics day, or dont go at all.

*sigh* :(
*** This post was edited by Draken_LC 4/25/2003 12:58:37 AM ***

Ah come on...no whining about "class trips" this is one of the best parts about the end of the school year!

Physics Day (or month) as some seem to point out, is a direct result of the push in the mid-eighties of eliminating class trips unless they were EDUCATIONAL...CP got some help from the BGSU Firelands campus and has developed Physics Day into a "fun educational trip" for many. (good luck to those doing it this year)..Thank GOD I am OLD...CP and classwork wouldn't work for me;)

Also, If you want an ADULT ONLY day at CP the BEST time for this is the end of AUgust when CP goes back to 8p.m. closings...MOST schools are back in session and CP doesn't get school groups that week...A GREAT TIME TO VISIT.

I'm pretty sure my high school doesn't do this, unless I'm misinformed, but back in 6/7/8 grade we went to Six Flags on Physics Day. Unlike all those other suckers, though, we had no work to do...heh hah! Not sure when CP's are. I went to a physics camp last year at BGSU and we went to CP two days with a packet of papers. If anyone saw a train on MF last year sometime in July full of people with orange shirts, that was us.


There were some people there that didn't want to ride any of the roller coasters. I was wondering why exactly their parents shelled out hundreds of dollars and they came to a place far from home for a week to study physics, and then they chickened out on all the roller coasters.
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