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."
Showing posts with label pros and cons; design 1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pros and cons; design 1. Show all posts

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Pros and Cons design 2

Design 2
Pros
  • simple 
  • easy to make 
  • not messy 
  • make multiple versions to test
  • retestable 
  • can be done multiple times 
Cons
  • design does not work 
  • unpredictable at times 
  • may not go in the 2 tile path

Pros and Cons design 1

The Pros and Cons of Each Design
Design #1 
Pros 
  • a lot of potenial energy in Diet Coke and Mentos 
  • cool looking 
  • applied newtons 3rd law
  • know that the reaction will work from research 
  • complicated 
Cons
  • messy 
  • cannot test the actual bottle that would be used for the really experiement
  • a lot of time needed to make multiple testing models 
  • wasteful 
  • could spin off course
  • not predictable