Materials:
1.) remote control car from radio shack
2.) large bucket form my garage
3.) scissors from staples
4.) one pool noodle
5.) 3 Crayola pencils
6.) one roll of ducked tape
1.) remote control car from radio shack
2.) large bucket form my garage
3.) scissors from staples
4.) one pool noodle
5.) 3 Crayola pencils
6.) one roll of ducked tape
Procedures:
1.) Gather Materials
2.) Remove top portion of the vehicle.
3.) Remove any unneeded plastic pieces around or under the car using a pair of scissors.
2.) Using a pair of scissors, cut approx. 40 2x1 inch cardboard pieces.
3.) Hot glue the pieces around the circumference of both front wheels.
4.) Cut two strips of the empty 2% milk jug approx. 1 inch wide, 7 inch tall
5.) Hot glue the milk jug strip around the circumference of both front wheels
2.) Wrap 3 rubber bands around the circumference of all 4 wheels.
2.) Cut the pool noodle into four equal strips.
3.) Cut the noodle to fit around the perimeter underneath the RC vehicle. (around the battery box).
4.) hot glue in place.
5.) Cut two strips approx. 2 inches wide.
6.) hot glue the strips in the back and front areas of the RC car.
2.) break pencil in half and attach to front of car
3.) hot glue and tape one more pencil to both of the half pencils
4.) enjoy trapper
2.) Place two planetary explorers inside the circle and fight until only one explorer remains inside.
3.) Place your explorer at the bottom of a board and attempt to reach the top.
4.) Place the vehicle in a tub water and identify if the wheels can still engage in motion.
5.) drop explorer from three meters high
6.) drive the car one meter away from landing spot, if possible.
1.) Gather Materials
2.) Remove top portion of the vehicle.
3.) Remove any unneeded plastic pieces around or under the car using a pair of scissors.
2.) Using a pair of scissors, cut approx. 40 2x1 inch cardboard pieces.
3.) Hot glue the pieces around the circumference of both front wheels.
4.) Cut two strips of the empty 2% milk jug approx. 1 inch wide, 7 inch tall
5.) Hot glue the milk jug strip around the circumference of both front wheels
2.) Wrap 3 rubber bands around the circumference of all 4 wheels.
2.) Cut the pool noodle into four equal strips.
3.) Cut the noodle to fit around the perimeter underneath the RC vehicle. (around the battery box).
4.) hot glue in place.
5.) Cut two strips approx. 2 inches wide.
6.) hot glue the strips in the back and front areas of the RC car.
2.) break pencil in half and attach to front of car
3.) hot glue and tape one more pencil to both of the half pencils
4.) enjoy trapper
2.) Place two planetary explorers inside the circle and fight until only one explorer remains inside.
3.) Place your explorer at the bottom of a board and attempt to reach the top.
4.) Place the vehicle in a tub water and identify if the wheels can still engage in motion.
5.) drop explorer from three meters high
6.) drive the car one meter away from landing spot, if possible.
Conclusion:
This experiment was intended to help us practices graphing and learn about efficiency. Our hypothesis was that because we took off every unnecessary item on the car we would be faster and have less mass. We kept the explorer's mass to a low so we didn't have to devoid our points by too much because of this we thought we would win, this was true for the first part of the tasks but in the end we weren't strong enough to fight other cars and lost many points. We found that even though we didn't do well on any of the competitions, we still did pretty well because our attention to mass. This experiment has helped me review my graphing skills and my thoughts on efficiency. (I always thought that it was doing something better and faster than everyone else, but really it's doing what you are asked in a way that doesn't have much "fluff".)
Many things didn't go the way we needed them to in this experiment. One was that something happened to the front wheel connection because once we finished building up the front tires it wouldn't turn, we checked everything and still don't know what happened to the poor thing. (we do know that it was on the inside of the car because we took off the new wheels and it still wouldn't turn.) Our quick solution was to put extra traction on only one wheel so when we backed up it turned to the right. We are so lucky that nothing worse happened, like the engine died or blew up or something. If I did this experiment again I would get a higher powered car so It could be able to fight a little better. If I were to research further for this experiment I would research about actual planetary explorers, what adaptions do they have, what has worked or failed, etc.
Sure we might not make planetary explorers every day but that doesn't mean that you couldn't use any information from this experiment. One thing we use every day is efficiency. For example we plot out how we are going to get from where we are to where we want to go. That is being efficient. You are finding the fastest and best way to get to where you need to go.
This experiment was intended to help us practices graphing and learn about efficiency. Our hypothesis was that because we took off every unnecessary item on the car we would be faster and have less mass. We kept the explorer's mass to a low so we didn't have to devoid our points by too much because of this we thought we would win, this was true for the first part of the tasks but in the end we weren't strong enough to fight other cars and lost many points. We found that even though we didn't do well on any of the competitions, we still did pretty well because our attention to mass. This experiment has helped me review my graphing skills and my thoughts on efficiency. (I always thought that it was doing something better and faster than everyone else, but really it's doing what you are asked in a way that doesn't have much "fluff".)
Many things didn't go the way we needed them to in this experiment. One was that something happened to the front wheel connection because once we finished building up the front tires it wouldn't turn, we checked everything and still don't know what happened to the poor thing. (we do know that it was on the inside of the car because we took off the new wheels and it still wouldn't turn.) Our quick solution was to put extra traction on only one wheel so when we backed up it turned to the right. We are so lucky that nothing worse happened, like the engine died or blew up or something. If I did this experiment again I would get a higher powered car so It could be able to fight a little better. If I were to research further for this experiment I would research about actual planetary explorers, what adaptions do they have, what has worked or failed, etc.
Sure we might not make planetary explorers every day but that doesn't mean that you couldn't use any information from this experiment. One thing we use every day is efficiency. For example we plot out how we are going to get from where we are to where we want to go. That is being efficient. You are finding the fastest and best way to get to where you need to go.