Playground slide Essays

  • Personal Narrative: My Trip To Massanutten

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    adventuring. Every night there is always a lovely sunset over the mountains, that is never forgettable. The water park is full of never ending slides and fun in the sun. The Massanutten water park has 3 giant water slides that are full of fun. The water park also has a lazy river for a more relaxing time. Outside there is the Rockingham Racer which is a slide where you race your friends and family.I would want to ride this because i’m very competitive and I would want to win. It’s always nice to have

  • Charles Wicksteed: The Physics Of Playground Slides

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    A slide is a structure with a smooth surface that are for children to play and slide down with. Slides are found in parks, schools, playgrounds and backyards. They are flat and are usually constructed of plastic with a smooth surface that is either straight or wavy. A playground slide consists of a ladder in which it helps a child to get to the top to use the slide. Playground swings originated or is that that a manufacturer named Charles Wicksteed was the founder of a playground slide and it

  • Personal Narrative: Blue Water Collide

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    terrifying, enormous, gray and blue water slide, I looked at the slide with fear and excitement in my eyes. I knew right then and there that I was going to go on that slide no matter the consequences. “Mom, Moooooommmm!”, I yelled as I was pulling on the back of her shirt to get her attention. “WHAT ISABELLA!”, she screamed with annoyment in her voice, as if I was doing something wrong.

  • Can A Playground Be Too Safe Analysis

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    “Can a Playground Be Too Safe?” written by John Tierney is an article about how children realize the task taken on playground become more dangerous. Just because playgrounds added shorter equipments and the old pavements replace by rubber cause less injuries. The author explains how parents overcome fear of their children while they climb up high monkey bars. Fear can hurt your children more than a small injury while facing life. Parents should know when it comes to safety, you either can help your

  • Zephyr Park Research Paper

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    In the Zephyrhills Community there are currently eight parks. All but one, has playground equipment for early childhood, which is up to the age of five. The playground that has the equipment for the younger children is outdated and needs to be restored. As you can see, this is a problem for the community. Especially, for parents, and any caregiver of a child who wishes to take the children out to blow off some steam. It is extremely important to teach children young to play outdoors and for them

  • Poem Review Of 'A Majestic Playground'

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    A Majestic Playground Rays of glorious, bright sunshine cast a brilliant gleam of warmth across a child’s getaway. Next to the majestic metal castle of amusement, which contains a child’s dream, lies a merry-go-round which, to the children, turns as fast as a cheetah running through the savanna. Behind the merry-go-round lies an orange bench that is a traveled piece of furniture where parents go to watch and enjoy the happiness of their little cherubs. To look closely, one will hear the squeak

  • Wynten Way Park Observation As A Childhood Space For Children

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    children and adults that come to the park are able to get physical activity which is good for overall health. Childhood has shaped this space because parents bring their children at an early age to socialize them. Children begin to recognize the playground as a space to play and interact with peers and use different play

  • Waterworld Research Paper

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    There was water shooting and pouring from every direction I could see from. The names of these attractions were called Treasure Island and Lil’ Kahuna Waterworks. It had many mini slides that were thrilling in a way. Winnie and I did an obstacle that was impossible for most of us. Lily-pad like floating objects that was tied to a metal chain at the bottom of the pool. A path was made of them and we tried to make it to the end. There

  • Childhood Observation Essay

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    astonishing sound of the birds going BRRR...BRRR, then you can hear the footsteps of kids, families, and runners walking down the brown colored trail going BOOM...BOOM. The sense of excitement and joy are running down the children 's body as they slide down the slides, swing on the monkey bars, and jump up and down to show how much fun they are having. The adults are sitting around the campfire that almost feels like a hug from a warm marshmallow on a cold winter day, and athletes are running up and down

  • Analysis Of The Overprotected Kid Hannah Rosin

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    on the playground? Was your parent always close by and did you feel safe? According to Hannah Rosin’s article, “The Overprotected Kid,” some people believe having caring parents and playing on a safe playground is having a negative effect on the children by making them weak with little confidence. I think parents should be involved in our lives, as well as trying their best to keep us safe. In “The Overprotected Kid”, Rosin states that throughout the years the guidelines for playgrounds put into

  • Personal Narrative: My Trip To Pigeon Forge

    1183 Words  | 5 Pages

    This summer I had so much fun doing outdoor activities. On a birthday trip to Pigeon Forge, TN, with my family, we did a ropes course, went zip lining, and went rafting. Doing all those activities in one day filled me with excitement and fear at the same time. At the end of the day, I was tired but happy! In the early morning, we left our hotel in Pigeon Forge to drive to the area where we would be doing all three activities. It was an excitement building drive since none of us had ever done any

  • Midorima Shintarou Alternate Ending

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    “My shots never miss.” Impossible. No one could ever be good enough to make all of their shots. Yet, here someone was, someone who could do just that. Midorima Shintarou, first-year at Shuutoku High. He attended Teikou Middle School and was one of five prodigies known as the Generation of Miracles. Another day, another shot. Midorima's three-pointers were always on point. “Shin-chan!!!” a familiar voice boomed. This voice belonged to none other than Takao Kazunari. He too, just like Midorima

  • Lake Park Drive-In History

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    Outdoor Theatre, in Wisconsin, had a playground that opened an hour before the film started. The drive-in charged kids, ages five to twelve, nine cents, making a profit of one thousand eight hundred dollars by 1953. Along with such a big profit, the ozoners’ owner noticed an increase in concession stand profit (86). The playgrounds not only were an advantage for the kids, but they were an advantage to the rest of the audience and the parents. Since the playgrounds wore the children out before the film

  • Case Study: Ping Ping Ball Launcher

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    CHAPTER: (1) Introduction 1.1 Problem Summary and Introduction: The goal for our group is to design a ping pong ball launcher. The launcher needs to be scheduled to launch one solo ping pong ball one at a time over a set obstacle and into a bucket of a chosen diameter. The determination is for the launcher to have the capability to launch five ping pong balls one at a time into the container within one minute, having none of the ping pong balls bounce out or miss the bucket. The launcher can

  • Perfectionism Young People

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    As parents, we want the best for our children, and we hope they could achieve the best for themselves. However, along with other factors such as school, peers and social media, we may unwittingly be nudging them towards perfectionism, which, according to an article by assistant professor Thomas Curran of University of Bath and associate professor Andrew Hill of York St. John University, is "an irrational desire for flawlessness, combined with harsh self-criticism." They add that "on a deeper level

  • The Importance Of Reaction Time In Sports

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    In the world of sports, reaction time is known to be a vital aspect of an athlete's ability as it separates the gifted from the elite. Reaction time is defined as the amount of time taken to respond to a stimulus. The stimulus is something that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue. The slower the stimulation recognition in the brain is passed, the slower the reaction. In sports such as soccer, baseball, tennis, basketball, along with others, these activities require fast reflexes

  • John Tierney's Can A Playground Be Too Safe

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    Throughout our lives, we will be met by situations and obstacles that we fear, it’s how we react to these obstacles and fear that shape us as individual and as a society. In the Article “Can a Playground Be Too Safe”, author John Tierney explains how we must be afraid for there to be success, risk taking behaviors pushing our limits and proving to ourselves what we are capable of. Along with risk taking: fear, pain, and dangers are all necessary for humans to grow mentally. Eliminating danger and

  • Banana Persuasive Speech

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    glorious things such as monkey bars being named after our kind. If you have never been on the monkey bars, or at least not in a very long time, I advise you to do so; for they are just pure joy. I mean really wonderful. You can go to almost any playground and that is what you will find there. Sitting there upon the mulch, grass, or dirt, in all of its glory. Some parallel and perpendicular bars welded together. “Not much” you may think. But oh, you would be wrong! The joy they bring is infinite.

  • Port Orford Research Paper

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    the diversity for a large majority of the community to enjoy together. It would be a nice and fun place for everyone to enjoy and use. For instance for the younger children and pre-teens I would suggest a playground. The things I would include in this playground would be swings, playground structures, and a sandbox. For the teenagers and adults alike you could put in a variety of fun things. Some examples of such could be a basketball court, tennis court, mini golf, baseball field, soccer/football

  • Come Outside To Play Analysis

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    Come Outside to Play: The Need for the Revitalization of Parks and Recreations In Berks County, has played a pivotal role in the lives of families for generations. I can remember going to park when I was younger and having the time of my life. Flying kites with my dad, going swimming, and craft days on Friday. There was never a dull moment and it gave me some of my best childhood memories. However, the recent downturn in economics has left many parks and recreations departments feeling a blow to