Density Wave Project
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Rube Goldberg Project
This project was to create a Rube Goldberg machine that would explore the world of physics and how to use the skills we learned to build the machine from spare part lying around to complete a simple action, such as pouring sauce on a salad, or pop a ballon.
For our project we were asked to take all of the physics skills we had learned and put them to work in our project to create a fully functional Rube Goldberg machine. My teammates and I came up with the idea to dip pretzels into chocolate, but over the course of the project, and wit all of the steps that we added to the base of the Rube, changed the ending. So in the end we had to change it to dipping a carret into ranch dressing. The most challenging part of this project for me was finding a way for all of our steps to work together, especially the very last step, and to troubleshoot how to fix the machine when it stop working, which luckily didn't happen very often, and because we spent so much time creating, brainstorming and fixing this project it became a memorable part of the school year. While this project was challenging, it was also fun to create a machine that would complete a simple action because I'm to lazy to do it myself, but not to reset up all of the steps. We did calculations that we learned over for this project to demonstrate what we learned, and to show how well we were able to communicate our project to others through numbers. During this project I feel like I learned a vast number of things, but I feel that I mostly learned how to work with others to create a large project, and to make it my best, as well as theirs. This project for me was very enlightening about how physics work in everyday life, and how to use them in the real live world of today. I was very glad to be doing this project with a classroom full of people I like to live with, and to be able to learn how to do physics with numbers and letters.
Overall the project, on my part was very fun, and if I could go back in time and change it to to better with all of the experience and knowledge that I have gained.
For our project we were asked to take all of the physics skills we had learned and put them to work in our project to create a fully functional Rube Goldberg machine. My teammates and I came up with the idea to dip pretzels into chocolate, but over the course of the project, and wit all of the steps that we added to the base of the Rube, changed the ending. So in the end we had to change it to dipping a carret into ranch dressing. The most challenging part of this project for me was finding a way for all of our steps to work together, especially the very last step, and to troubleshoot how to fix the machine when it stop working, which luckily didn't happen very often, and because we spent so much time creating, brainstorming and fixing this project it became a memorable part of the school year. While this project was challenging, it was also fun to create a machine that would complete a simple action because I'm to lazy to do it myself, but not to reset up all of the steps. We did calculations that we learned over for this project to demonstrate what we learned, and to show how well we were able to communicate our project to others through numbers. During this project I feel like I learned a vast number of things, but I feel that I mostly learned how to work with others to create a large project, and to make it my best, as well as theirs. This project for me was very enlightening about how physics work in everyday life, and how to use them in the real live world of today. I was very glad to be doing this project with a classroom full of people I like to live with, and to be able to learn how to do physics with numbers and letters.
Overall the project, on my part was very fun, and if I could go back in time and change it to to better with all of the experience and knowledge that I have gained.
Rube Goldberg Steps
Talking points for Rube Goldberg ProjectTalking points
How we put our newfound physics skills into play How we decided what to do for our rube What we changed over the project Who we worked with What was required to build the Rube Goldberg to be fully functional How long we had to work on our project What our Rube Goldberg does How we did the calculations What was the most challenging aspect of this project |
RUBE GOLDBERG STEPS
Step 1: The Distance of Marble Launched Velocity of marble = d/t Distance vertically = 5 cm V = 23cm /8s = 0.27m/s Landing place is: 1cm on next track Step 2: Potential Energy of Marble at top of 2nd track and distance launched. Height of track = 3.8cm Thickness of marble = 1.5cm Gravity = 9.8m/s 3.8 x 1.5 x 9.8 = 55.86 Joules… Launched is: .35cm on next track Step 3: Mechanical Advantage of Hammer Length of hammer = 8cm Distance of swing = 24cm 24/8 = 3 Mechanical advantage is 3… energy tranfered= 55.86J The car is 3 times easier to push with the hammer, instead of a marble. Step 4: Mechanical advantage and power of Wheel and Axle Wheel = 4cm. Axle = 1cm MA = Wr/Ar MA = 4/.5 Mechanical Advantage of the Wheel and Axle is: 8 Dominos transfer energy to each other, then to the Wheel and Axle The Wheel and Axle makes rotation easier, allowing the ball to release faster. Step 5 Conservation of energy for first marble. PE= 55.86 Joules KE = ½ mv2 KE= 47.25 Energy Efficiently = 84.5% |
1st Physics Project
This was a project for 9th Grade Physics and was about how technology affected us. We decided to focus on the question of texting today in our modern world. We did this project because it it was our first project for science and was teaching us valuable skills in the scientific world. We were asked to produce a project summary of all the data we collected for our question, and create a final visual draft that would be displayed somewhere where students and teachers would see it and read it. Our question was if texting is making calling an obsolete form of communication.
Growth
During this project I feel like my skills personally grew in time management in the classroom, and this has allowed me to manage how and when I work on my reports and projects. Using a project schedule, I plotted out the time I could use in the classroom and time at home, and this allowed me to know exactly what times I have available to work on my reports. During this report I posted how long I spent working on it, in a project log so I would know what days I worked on the report and for how long. I feel like I learned about how to write a scientific hypothesis very accurately, and this was useful because it led me to answering the questions that I had posed to myself, about the world, and about what happens in nature. This project has a new area for me in the way that I have not done scientific projects before, and so this led me to experiencing something new. Physics has been very good for me in the respect that I am learning many new things.
