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Goal for our Project:
For this project, our goal was to build a car for Hyundai. Specifically, the main idea was to create an alternative energy source to get the car to go approximately 5 meters. It also had to be able to carry a weight of 250 grams, or for easier reference, 100 pennies. We needed to create a way to pitch the idea to the company to show off our amazing product. We chose to make a powerpoint presentation, and you can take a look at it right below all the writing. Physics Concepts: Spring Constant: Hooke's law is a principle of physics that states that the force F needed to extend or compress a spring by some distance X is proportional to that distance. That is: F = kX, where k is a constant factor characteristic of the spring: its stiffness, and X is small compared to the total possible deformation of the spring. The law is named after 17th-century British physicist Robert Hooke. Spring Potential Energy: The energy that is stored within the spring Thermal Energy: is the internal energy of an object due to the kinetic energy of its atoms and/or molecules. The atoms and/or molecules of a hotter object have greater kinetic energy than those of a colder one, in the form of vibrational, rotational, or, in the case of a gas, translational motion. Velocity: the speed of something in a given direction. Reflection: This was one of the harder projects that we've had to do this year. Getting it to go as far as we wanted and to calculate everything was a bit of a struggle for us. It probably didn't help either that Mr. Williams wasn't there for a full week to help us with the project(no shade). However, that is no excuse to us not being able to fully complete everything in time. It was more apparent to me than ever this project, that time management is a huge and crucial part of a project. Our group was very distracted a lot, and we often found ourselves off task, considering we all know each other pretty well. I've learned that in order to do a good job, I must have a full layed out plan of what it is I need to get done. I believe the same could be said for my group members. However, in the first couple days, we were able to get a lot done. We made two versions of our car, a prototype and a final, before any group was done with just their prototype. In that sense, when we really put our minds to it, we were able to be very productive. It may sound counterintuitive, but even though we weren't able to completely finish by the deadline, we were still able to get a lot of work done. Overall though, I'd say that this was a great learning experience for me and my partners. We were able to learn more about each other, not just as friends, but as fellow students who have their own academic approaches and styles. |