Map Project
This project was were we got in groups and mapped a park near us and mapped it by scratch using our feet, our pencils, and rope for measuring. This was a fun project and we got to go outside!
Reflection on exhibition
This Project was challenging but fun as well. I learned a lot about mapping and reading maps. The most challenging part about this project was the drawing part of the process. It was hard because it was difficult to convert our data into drawings, but we got through it and made a good map. The Exhibition was fun and I met a lot of people. It was a little crowded and that was a downer but it was fun overall.
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This video was made by Al Thomson
This video was about our rockets at our exhibition. It was very good footage and the rockets worked pretty well at the exhibition. I really liked building the rocket and My team's rocket flew pretty high in the air. The only thing that was bad was the weather. It was very windy and cold, witch made a lot of rockets not fly as high. Other than that, the whole project was very fun. |
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The Physics Behind our Rocket
Anish Wells and Max Ickes
First law
For the rockets with Newtons first law when our rockets pressure collided with the force of the cap coming off and the water rushing out against the launch pad, the rockets mass was sent flying very high into the air, we put nose cones on to resist the friction so that the force of the air did not press against it on the way up. newtons first law states that an object in motion will keep moving at a constant speed unless a force is put against it; (the wind in this case) so when our rockets were being sent flying the pressure of the air (also gravity) kept it from just going on and on.
Second law
For Newtons second law, we have the relation between mass, acceleration, and force.
The relations in our rockets with the three above is the mass of our rocket was the water inside, which was the object propelling our rocket and making it accelerate, which was making an upward force so that the rocket would fly. Plus all of our additions on the rocket made the mass heavier.
Third law
Newtons third law was that for every action there was a equal and opposite reaction.
So when our rocket shot into the air, if the ground hadn't been there the launchpad would have been shot the opposite direction at the same speed. (except that that launchpad had no nose cone and had a lot bigger mass so it probably would have been slower and probably wouldn't go as far.)
Anish Wells and Max Ickes
First law
For the rockets with Newtons first law when our rockets pressure collided with the force of the cap coming off and the water rushing out against the launch pad, the rockets mass was sent flying very high into the air, we put nose cones on to resist the friction so that the force of the air did not press against it on the way up. newtons first law states that an object in motion will keep moving at a constant speed unless a force is put against it; (the wind in this case) so when our rockets were being sent flying the pressure of the air (also gravity) kept it from just going on and on.
Second law
For Newtons second law, we have the relation between mass, acceleration, and force.
The relations in our rockets with the three above is the mass of our rocket was the water inside, which was the object propelling our rocket and making it accelerate, which was making an upward force so that the rocket would fly. Plus all of our additions on the rocket made the mass heavier.
Third law
Newtons third law was that for every action there was a equal and opposite reaction.
So when our rocket shot into the air, if the ground hadn't been there the launchpad would have been shot the opposite direction at the same speed. (except that that launchpad had no nose cone and had a lot bigger mass so it probably would have been slower and probably wouldn't go as far.)
Rocket Project Reflection
Max Ickes
What went well? When we were building the rocket almost everything went good, the easiest thing was gluing the first bottles together at the very beginning. It went well because we did it very fast and we smoothed the glue out very well. Plus getting the bottles was very easy because we just had to look around our houses to find some empty bottles for the rocket. Also getting the water to the rocket and making sure air didn’t leak out of the bottle was successfully. It was easy because we glued the bottles together well and we had very good bottle for the job. Writing the data was easy because we got it done so quickly and we found out what to do.
What went wrong: The things that went wrong was cutting and gluing the fins onto the rocket. Why it didn’t go right was because we cut the fins out unevenly and we had to fix it by putting Popsicle sticks on the rocket when we glued it on. Plus when we were gluing on, the sticks were too short to put the rubber bands on to keep the fins on when gluing. We also had trouble with keeping the fins in the right place when we were bluing because we would get distracted for a second and the fins would slip off and it was very frustrating. Finding the nose cone was a very big challenge for us because we couldn’t find the right materials for the nose cone but we got a nose cone at the last second thanks to Dylan Kroes and Al Thomson.
Max Ickes
What went well? When we were building the rocket almost everything went good, the easiest thing was gluing the first bottles together at the very beginning. It went well because we did it very fast and we smoothed the glue out very well. Plus getting the bottles was very easy because we just had to look around our houses to find some empty bottles for the rocket. Also getting the water to the rocket and making sure air didn’t leak out of the bottle was successfully. It was easy because we glued the bottles together well and we had very good bottle for the job. Writing the data was easy because we got it done so quickly and we found out what to do.
What went wrong: The things that went wrong was cutting and gluing the fins onto the rocket. Why it didn’t go right was because we cut the fins out unevenly and we had to fix it by putting Popsicle sticks on the rocket when we glued it on. Plus when we were gluing on, the sticks were too short to put the rubber bands on to keep the fins on when gluing. We also had trouble with keeping the fins in the right place when we were bluing because we would get distracted for a second and the fins would slip off and it was very frustrating. Finding the nose cone was a very big challenge for us because we couldn’t find the right materials for the nose cone but we got a nose cone at the last second thanks to Dylan Kroes and Al Thomson.