Physics/Introduction to Engineering
Physics
List of Projects:
- Marshmallow Challenge: The first thing that we did in class. This was where we got multiple pieces of dried spaghetti, some string, some tape, and a marshmallow. We needed to build t he tallest, stable structure that would hold the marshmallow on the top.
- Physics 500: The first PROJECT that we did in class. What we did was we determined what measurements were required to determine the average speed of an object and we used this knowledge to compute the average speed of your lab partners and other related quantities. Click the button that says Physics 500 to learn more.
- PHET Moving Man: This was the second project that we did. We went onto a website and we answered specific questions about motion and velocity. Click the button named PHET Moving Man to learn more.
- Scientist Biography: This project, each student in the class chose a scientist that they were interested in and researched him/her. Then we compiled all of our information about the scientist into a biography. My scientist was named Michael Faraday. Click the button called Scientist Biography to read my paper.
- Lab Report: In this project, table groups had to make up an experiment, make a question then a hypothesis, test the experiment, and finally we had to make a lab report that includes an abstract, introduction, methods, data and observations, conclusion and analysis, and citations APA format. Check out the button that says Physics Lab Report to find out more about what my team did.
- Ted Project: We needed to make a wind turbine. We started out as a prototype made out of paper. We tested this to see if it works, and even if it does work we make another type to compare. Once we decided on which prototype was better, we started to build the final product. When we had our final product finalized, we tested it to see if it would work. When it does, we would hook it up to a generator and test how many millivolts of electircity it puts out. We are done once we do that.
Introduction to Engineering
For engineering we had to build a monument for the freshman at Da Vinci Communications. Each one of our table groups, 1-9, came up with an idea of what and how to build something. My team thought of two things, a life sized human with the DVC shirt on it resembling the principle, or a jungle book themed one that had Mowgli and Akela. Neither of those got picked, and we decided to go with a combination between a fence and a bridge. All of the students in the class had to contribute one stone and two paintsters (we are using those for the fence posts). To see what I contributed to the project, please click on the Contribution to Engineering Project button.
Semester 2
Be Heard project: This was our first project of the second semester. We had to make headphones that communicated our social justice issue and that functioned properly. We had to get a joining piece, cones, a diaphragm, and a cushion, our teacher supplied the wire to make the voice coil and the magnets to put into the headphones. Here is a picture of my headphones:
Click the button if you want to see my process paper for these headphone and how I built them. It is quite interesting if I do say so myself!
Lost in Space: In this project, we had to make a bottle rocket. We needed to have a rocket that was good enough to protect an egg after landing. We needed to design a cone, wings, an egg protection area, and other things that you put onto a bottle rocket. I will show you pictures of my partnership's rocket. I also made a sketch of the rocket's fins. You can find that picture next to the picture of the rocket itself. We did a little bit of brainstorming, and you can see that when you click the button that says Brainstorming. Also, I did a process paper. Check that out, it is interesting.
Click the button if you want to see my process paper for these headphone and how I built them. It is quite interesting if I do say so myself!
Lost in Space: In this project, we had to make a bottle rocket. We needed to have a rocket that was good enough to protect an egg after landing. We needed to design a cone, wings, an egg protection area, and other things that you put onto a bottle rocket. I will show you pictures of my partnership's rocket. I also made a sketch of the rocket's fins. You can find that picture next to the picture of the rocket itself. We did a little bit of brainstorming, and you can see that when you click the button that says Brainstorming. Also, I did a process paper. Check that out, it is interesting.