Inflate the balloon (by blowing through the straw, if you attached it to a straw). 2.Pinch the end of the balloon shut, or put your finger over the end of the straw, to prevent air from escaping. 3.Put your car down on the floor, and let go of the balloon. a.Optional: If you have a digital camera or smartphone, you can take a video of your car's test run. It might help to have a volunteer operate the camera while you operate the car. 4.Watch your car closely! Does it move forward? Pay close attention to whether the car meets your design requirements, and write down your observations in your lab notebook. For example: a.Does the car go straight? b.How far does the car go? Use a tape measure to record how far the car traveled from where it started …show more content…
Are the wheels or axles crooked, causing the car to turn? Are the wheels getting slightly stuck, preventing the car from going fast? c.Even if your car works well, think about what changes you could make to improve it. Can you modify your car to make it go even farther? What happens if you try to inflate the balloon even more? 7.Based on what you find in step 6, make changes to the design and construction of your car. a.Optional: If you have a digital camera or smartphone, take pictures of all the changes you make to your car. This will help you document the different iterations of your design process. 8.Repeat steps 1–7 until your car meets all of your design requirements. It might take you many tries to get your car working properly, and this is okay! There is no "right answer" to an engineering problem. Now, think about the design process you went through: a.How many different iterations did it take you to reach your final solution? b.Did you have to make major changes or do a total redesign of your car, or did you only make small changes and
On the contrary, at 15 cm high when the car rolled for 60 cm it travelled at an average rate of 38.5 cm/ s. Finally, at 10 cm high, after rolling 90 cm, the toy car was travelling at and average rate of 35 cm/s. On the contrary, the car that started on the ramp 15 cm high, after rolling for 90 cm, was travelling 50.3 cm/s. The data clearly shows a positive trend because when the height of
You will leave about four finger widths uninflated because as you twist, it will push air into the end of the balloon and fill it up.
9) 10 mL of sugar was added to the solution and the balloon was quickly placed over the opening of the bottle to minimize the loss of any gas from the system.
Hypothesis: I think speed will increase while the time increases. The car will accelerate while it goes down the ramp therefore not making it a constant speed or straight line.
A. When you're driving down the road and that mileage reading on your dashboard reaches 3000 what do you? The first thing that pops in your head is there goes another 50 dollars for an oil change.
My first design was too big to fit on the wedge of wood that we worked with so I had to modify the design by making the top more curved and as a result, the car was shorter than I had originally planned it to be. After the design was complete, we cut out the outlines and taped them onto foam wedges that were the same size as the wooden wedges that we would use later. Then we traced
Next, the independent variable was the sail car and shed car. The speed acceleration was the dependent variable. The constants marble distance of photogate the angel of the track.
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.
III. Tie to the Introduction: From the origin of the car till the design and mechanics.
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.
4. Jack the car up about a foot to a foot and a half. Use the jack stands and put them on both sides of the car. ** This is a very important procedure; in case the jack fails (unlikely but can happen) you have something to hold up the car.
The 4 lab activities I did were measuring friction by putting sandpaper on the ramp and seeing how fast the car goes, and the taking the sandpaper off. We also measured gravity by putting more books by the ramp. We measured force by adding washers to see how fast the car will go and we measured mass by adding blocks onto the car. We did these to experiment how fast the car will go with things added to it. I learned that more weight makes it slower, but more force makes it faster.
I choose to write on my son's car only because I give him the responsibility of paying his own insurance , due to him getting three speeding ticket within three month. By doing this assignment , I hope that I did explain my reasons to help him understand the "what if ,happening " and open mind of how much will be needed monthly to maintain driving.
The objective of this project was to construct a rubber band-powered car. This process had two aspects: the assembly of the car and the analysis of the car. With trial and error, the car was assembled successfully. Throughout the project, my partner and I used our knowledge of one-dimensional kinematics. Completing the project with another person utilized both our collaboration and communication skills. During the analysis process, we assessed the velocity and acceleration of the car. The rubber band-powered car had to meet a set of specifications. The car needed to possess three wheels, travel at least three meters in a straight line, have constant acceleration, move dependably and easily, and look professional. Over the course of this project, my understanding of one-dimensional kinematics increased by the hands-on creation of a rubber band-powered car.
Building a car is no simple task, as shown in this video of how a Ford Mustang is made from start to finish. The process of assembling a car is one that requires a large amount of both human and material resources. This video shows every subassembly, bolt, and piece of metal that is used in creating the resulting product, a Ford Mustang. Even though one part or one