Hybrid car project
Project Explanation
In this project we made an alternative energy powered car that had to go 5 meters. Also, it had to carry 100 pennies which is equivalent to 250 grams. Our group built a water powered car. The car is powered by water from a water tank which empties on to a mill that turns the back wheels moving the car forward.
In this project we made an alternative energy powered car that had to go 5 meters. Also, it had to carry 100 pennies which is equivalent to 250 grams. Our group built a water powered car. The car is powered by water from a water tank which empties on to a mill that turns the back wheels moving the car forward.
Reflection
I felt that my group worked ok together because we got it done and had fun but we had some differences and we didn't always agree. I know won of the pits were the type of car we chose because we came down to the wire and we just barely finished. One of or peaks were that the topic was hard and we stayed with it was real persistence because we had to do and change a lot of thing to make it perfect. Also, other groups started with the same idea but we were the only ones to follow through with that idea. Another pit was the wheels and the water bottle because we were at a standstill for a day or two because we had to big of wheels and to small of a water tank so we fixed it by cutting the wheels down a lot and we put the gallon jug on it. Finally our second peak was that it got 5 meters and we figured out everything in the end. Something I could work on is to not jump right into the project with no research. One thing I found out is that persistence pays off.
I felt that my group worked ok together because we got it done and had fun but we had some differences and we didn't always agree. I know won of the pits were the type of car we chose because we came down to the wire and we just barely finished. One of or peaks were that the topic was hard and we stayed with it was real persistence because we had to do and change a lot of thing to make it perfect. Also, other groups started with the same idea but we were the only ones to follow through with that idea. Another pit was the wheels and the water bottle because we were at a standstill for a day or two because we had to big of wheels and to small of a water tank so we fixed it by cutting the wheels down a lot and we put the gallon jug on it. Finally our second peak was that it got 5 meters and we figured out everything in the end. Something I could work on is to not jump right into the project with no research. One thing I found out is that persistence pays off.
Major Concepts
Some of the major concepts we needed for this project were:
Building and Construction because we had to build the car all by ourselves.
Some of the major concepts we needed for this project were:
Building and Construction because we had to build the car all by ourselves.
- Potential Energy which is mass x gravity x height. It is measured in joules. We used it to find what energy the car had if there wasn't any friction.
- Kinetic Energy which is half mass x velocity squared. It is measured in joules. We used it to find out how much energy it actually had.
- Thermal Energy. It is measured in joules. We used it to find out how much energy was lost in the process.
- Velocity which is distance over time. It is measured in meters per second. We used it to find out how fast the car was going.
- Acceleration which is velocity over time. It is measured in meters per second squared. We used it to find out how fast the car sped up