hybrid car |
Below is our car
REFLECTION:
This was another project full of many ups and downs for our group. At the beginning of the project we were in a good situation and had a good sketch and materials list. But the next 3 days of building nobody in the group brought in the correct materials to build with. This resulted in 3 days of essentially no work being done. Eventually we brought in the materials needed. We were back into building straight away not wasting any time. I then I got sick and was not there for a day. At the same time another one of my group members was also sick. That left one group member alone without any of the information he needed to build. The very next day my group member and I left school early for a sporting event. This left our other group member alone again. Eventually we were all there for the last couple build days and finished our car. This gave us a little time to tweak until presentation day and it turned out all ok. I could have done lost of things differently in this project. The most important was staying on task and getting the correct materials in class from home.. We didn't get materials in fast enough, wasting build time. From now on I will work on finding materials and getting them in as soon as possible. Another thing I could have done better was help my group even when I was missing school. I could do this over text or email or by FaceTime. I could even drop off materials at school for my group if needed to or if they needed them that badly. I will work on doing this in the future. Some things I have learned about myself have been that I work well in smaller groups and I can be a leader in a smaller group. I have also gained experience with wheels and axles. Before I had no idea how to attach an axle to a wheel or transfer energy to that axle.
TERMS:
Friction: a force in the opposite direction of motion.
Pressure: Amount of force per unit area.
Energy: The ability to do work.
Kinetic Energy: Energy due to motion.
Gravitational PE: Energy due to gravitational pull and height.
Spring Constant: Measure of elasticity of a spring.
Elastic potential Energy: Energy due to the compression or expansion of a elastic material.
Entropy: Disorder and randomness.
Power: Rate at which it is done
This was another project full of many ups and downs for our group. At the beginning of the project we were in a good situation and had a good sketch and materials list. But the next 3 days of building nobody in the group brought in the correct materials to build with. This resulted in 3 days of essentially no work being done. Eventually we brought in the materials needed. We were back into building straight away not wasting any time. I then I got sick and was not there for a day. At the same time another one of my group members was also sick. That left one group member alone without any of the information he needed to build. The very next day my group member and I left school early for a sporting event. This left our other group member alone again. Eventually we were all there for the last couple build days and finished our car. This gave us a little time to tweak until presentation day and it turned out all ok. I could have done lost of things differently in this project. The most important was staying on task and getting the correct materials in class from home.. We didn't get materials in fast enough, wasting build time. From now on I will work on finding materials and getting them in as soon as possible. Another thing I could have done better was help my group even when I was missing school. I could do this over text or email or by FaceTime. I could even drop off materials at school for my group if needed to or if they needed them that badly. I will work on doing this in the future. Some things I have learned about myself have been that I work well in smaller groups and I can be a leader in a smaller group. I have also gained experience with wheels and axles. Before I had no idea how to attach an axle to a wheel or transfer energy to that axle.
TERMS:
Friction: a force in the opposite direction of motion.
Pressure: Amount of force per unit area.
Energy: The ability to do work.
Kinetic Energy: Energy due to motion.
Gravitational PE: Energy due to gravitational pull and height.
Spring Constant: Measure of elasticity of a spring.
Elastic potential Energy: Energy due to the compression or expansion of a elastic material.
Entropy: Disorder and randomness.
Power: Rate at which it is done