Designing A Mousetrap Powered Device

To create a mousetrap car and measure its performance. We will also see where force and energy is impacting on the performance, for example friction will impact on the cars performance as it generates heat and slows to car down thus meaning that the car may not travel as far as it should. Another force that is demonstrated in testing of the car kinetic energy, without kinetic energy the car would not travel at all.

The objective of the lab was to program a vehicle to continuously drive in a one meter square. The square was to be completed in less than 20 seconds, and only the wheel encoder could be used to navigate the vehicle. All of this was done by using the Arduino software tool and the Redbot library to create a program that would satisfy the given lab requirements.

Colin Furze, British plumber, turned inventor, is so well known for his videos demonstrating his crazy inventions that he’s a regular on Science Channel’s Outrageous Acts of Science. He’s created everything from a pulse-jet powered bicycle to a ten hp motorized baby stroller. His latest creation, however, may be his magnum opus: With a little help from Ford Motors, Furze has managed to build a real, functioning Homemade Hoverbike.

We researched information from. Before I didn’t know what was a mousetrap car was and how it was used. I learned that the whole idea how to build a mousetrap car. Also, I learned that velocity is really important on how to build a mousetrap car. Most importantly I learned that it is hard to draw any accurate conclusions besides the fact that good construction is required for a good vehicle. My partner and I was first designed is the tires are CD's because we thought help the car go faster.

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The purpose of this task is to individually design an educational activity based around technical influences. The activity implemented must be appropriate for a junior primary child. The preparation of the task needs to be considered along side whether the health and well-being of children is enhanced by use of technology. Technology has a significant impact on our society through the usage of technical devices incorporated into one’s regular routine. Each individual has 45 minutes to form a final product with a child while teaching them safety awareness factors.

The Rube Goldberg Project, assigned by my science teacher to instigate creativity and out of the box thinking, brought out the ingenuity in all of us. Our task was to create a Rube Goldberg Machine that was capable of ringing a desk bell. Individually or in groups, we had to build the machine and present it to the class. This task seemed moderately simple, but in truth, it was much more complicated than any of us had realized. Specific requirements needed to be met that further hardened the project.

We were given groups to design and make a mousetrap powered car that will roll as far as possible. This will be measured and be put into a graph. We will make three modifications to our mousetrap car over the course of the experiment. We have a variety of different materials, including plastic, wooden wheels and a dowel, screws, mousetrap, blue tack and a piece of string. Forces were acting in a negative way and a positive way on the car. Gravity was pulling the car down to the ground. Uplift was pushing up upon the car against gravity. Drag was also known as friction, holding back the car while it was moving. Thrust was in the cars favour, pushing forward against the force drag. There were also many forms of energy being used and being wasted like heat and sound energy. Potential energy was stored in the mousetrap, propelling itself forward. Kinetic energy was also demonstrated when the car started to roll.

First, he thought of the purpose of the design. Was it for a certain company or group, or was it to express something. He had to be creative and include many perspectives in a usually simple design. He also had to make the design interesting to gain it more exposure. He needs to think of what community or demographic will be viewing the design, and fit it to that demographic.

The mousetrap car, Versace, was tested multiple times to test how far it went. When constructing the car, the group members had different ideas, but all ideas were put into the construction of the car. The car was tested with CDs as wheels and then paper plates as wheels. Each time, when testing the car, the axle gearing had different measurements and distances. The group had finally gotten the best distance on the car. The group was also able to find the kinetic energy of the boat. Then the data from the tests were used to find the efficiency of the car. Overall, the car did very well.

The building process of the cars starts out with a piece of wood, students need to cut a chunk out of the back to make room for the gears connecting the rear motor to the axle. You could choose with your team any design that

The balloon powered race car will be powered by the balloon. The balloon will be blown into and the straw will be the source of the air going into the balloon and then pinched so there is no release of air, then release the air, measure the distance and speed of the car when air is released. This uses the three Newton laws and they are when an object is at rest it stays at rest and an object is in motion it stays in motion in a straight line at constant speed unless acted upon by an unbalanced force, the next is the acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object and the force applied, the last is every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Use the mouse cursor to select a box and click the left mouse button to mark it. You are able to select boxes only from the highlighted layer.

The background research had talked about different types and sizes of wheel and the distance in can cover in a certain amount of time.

The current process: In 1990s a development process was entailed which is 60-month-long. Two major prototyping