Day 39: More Work on the Presentation

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Today, the group continued to work on the presentation for this Thursday; we added photos taken from Summer II including a photo with Dr. Sivo and Dr. Martin doing the experiment. We also established the order of who's presenting and which slides they must do.

Figure 1: Sneak Peak of PowerPoint

Later this week, we will start analyzing the linear momentum videos. However, we will prioritize finishing the presentation first. 

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