"Today's class was very interesting!  Mr. Winick who built his own submarine came in and talked to us about buoyancy and how he went about building his submarine.  I found all of the demonstrations he did very interesting and when he said that oars would not work underwater I began to think about why they wouldn't.... We learned that there are a lot of physical principles that go into making a submarine, and that even though your dreams will be challenged throughout life, you should still always strive to achieve them."

 

Today in class a speaker came in and gave us a presentation.  He had built his own submarine, which I believe is a tremendous accomplishment.  He had talked about many extremely interesting topics, such as positive, neutral,  and negative buoyancy.  He showed us how dense it was necessary for the submarine to be as was evident by the twenty-five pound bricks.  We underwent experiments involving buoyancy, ... More importantly than physics itself, it just shows how one man's determination resulted in such amazing things.  It proves that if I want to do something and I devote myself to it body and mind, then I surely can accomplish it.  If one man can build a submarine, what am I capable of?"

 

"We had the great pleasure of listening to Mr. Winick give a very interesting presentation about himself, submarines, and the submarine he build himself.  The demonstration was great.  I really enjoyed trying to get our "submarine" to float in the cylinder of water.  It was a great way of getting us involved.  I think that my favorite part was Arthi trying to hold the weight and falling over face first and not letting go.  That was hilarious.  This presentation overall was very interesting and I would like to see other guest speakers in the future."

 

"Today was probably one of the most interesting classes all year.  In class today, we were taught by a man who built his own personal submarine.  We first learnt about the history of submarines and their applications, both military and scientific.  We covered Archimedes's Principle as well as the properties of pressure and structural shapes that are the most sound: spheres being the most; cylinders being the second best.  He based his submarine on the structure of a cylinder.  But most of all, he talked about his ongoing dream since a twelve-year-old to build a submarine.  I think it was the fact that he actually lived out his dreams that was the most interesting and inspiring aspects of the entire presentation.  It seems like society too often dismisses dreams as impractical and unrealistic, but this guy proves them all wrong.  On a side note, we did this neutral buoyancy experiment with this Styrofoam 'submarine.'  That was a rudimentary experiment but fun nonetheless."

 

"Today when Mr. Winick came to speak to our class, I found his talk and his experiment very interesting.  He  engaged the class in a fun way that gave a good review about what we learned about buoyancy, such as the fact that if an object is denser than water it has negative buoyancy, if it is less dense it has positive buoyancy, and if it has the same density it has neutral buoyancy.  We saw firsthand how physics is part of daily life, and how many of our inventions and everyday machines wouldn't work without physics.  Also it was amazing to see the passion Mr. Winick has for what he does, and how the product of that passion is so amazing and extraordinary."

 

"Today we had the absolute pleasure of being able to listen and learn from an incredibly interesting and inspirational man who build his own submarine.  What I found to be the best part of this man's presentation and lecture was not only the science aspects, but also mostly the life lessons that he instilled and reinforced throughout the course of his lecture.  The man spoke to us about how he was very interested in and fascinated by submarines when he was growing up and how he liked to read about them and play with them and in fact even attempted to try and build one at the age of 12 or 13.  Now the amazing part about this is that, this interest of his did not go away and his dream of fulfilling his goal of building a submarine did not either.  What amazed me about this is that many; in fact most Americans forget about and give up on a lot of their dreams and goals and that they have not only when they are children but also when they are adults.  It was just very uplifting to see a man who had a dream and a goal as a young child, grew up and put that dream on hold for a little while, went to college, got married, started a family, and then picked back up that dream and fulfilled it.  This speaker today just encouraged me and inspired me to stay true to my goals and desires and don't be turned away from or held back from pursuing and fulfilling them."

 

"Today was so much fun.  Today we had a guest speaker named Alan Winick come and teach our class.  I couldn't believe it but this man has actually built a submarine from scratch that could go 350 feet deep.  That to me was amazing because I have always loved submarines. I even have gone in them.  The first submarine that I ever went on was when I was little and I went on the submarine in the 20,000 Leagues under the sea ride.  That was a lot of fun for me.  Then when I was older I went on a submarine in the Caribbean to go and see the ship wreck at the bottom of the ocean.  That was so fun.  It was an experience to remember for a lifetime.  I couldn't believe though that this man had actually built one himself--that is amazing.  In his presentation we learned about the origin of under sea exploration and that was fun and then we got to do a lab on buoyancy which is a concept that we learned earlier this year in physics.  The lab was a of of fun and then after school I went to actually see Mr. Winick's submarine at the other school when I went to pick up my brother.  That was real cool, and I figure that Mr. Winick has a lot of fun in this little yellow submarine.  For now I have to stick to school work, on undersea exploration for me, but it is still fun to learn about see one first hand."