Challenge
Challenge " Apply your knowledge of Newton's law of motion, momentum, and energy to design and construct a vehicle that will go as far as possible using an unbalanced force to create motion."
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Day of Experiments
I also went on to test design#2 to make sure that I wanted to continue on with Design#3, and it to had its problems. When using a light cup and a edged piece of newspaper I was unable to move the cup enough to go a foot let alone 5 tiles. I suspect that the forces at work are not strong enough to overcome inertia and without making a put upwards when the cup is rolling because of the slope created, it is not possible to move even a very light cup far with a newspaper and Newton's second law alone.
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