Applied Science - Week 3 - Thursday P2
((ooc: my apologies for the lateness;, and I just got a confirmed date on my computer getting here: September 26.))
As the class assembled, Billy was taking stock of the things he had at the front of the room. Building materials - wood, glue, nails (and hammers), paper, pens, all kinds of little decorative things, and a box on the floor full of little baggies with 4 wheels in each.
With a grin, he looked at the class. "Hi, class, welcome to applied science once again. This week, we're going to do a little more with the application of Newton's Laws - in a fun way. There's no lecture, because you need all the time of this period to build your cars, and then we're going to race at the end of class."
He picked up a pre-constructed frame, just five pieces of wood glued-and-nailed together to make a square with a dowel fixed across it near one end. With wheels at each corner of the square. "Everyone - or at least every team - is going to make one of these. What else you put on it is up to you, except the motor. Your goal here is to make the most aerodynamic rubber-band powered vehicle you possibly can. Whoever makes the fastest one will win a prize."
Moving to his desk, Billy picked up another bag - this one of rubber bands. "These are the most important thing about your vehicles. Everyone will be using the same propulsion, meaning it's the variations in your car types that will decide whose car goes far - and whose doesn't." He attached the rubber band to the framework of his cart, winding the dowel and then setting the cart on the floor. It zipped across the floor at a decent enough speed, coming to a stop around the last row of desks.
"Decide if you're going to work in teams or alone, and come up and get your supplies. We'll be racing for the last fifteen minutes of class. Let's get building!"
((ooc: wait for ocd is up!))
As the class assembled, Billy was taking stock of the things he had at the front of the room. Building materials - wood, glue, nails (and hammers), paper, pens, all kinds of little decorative things, and a box on the floor full of little baggies with 4 wheels in each.
With a grin, he looked at the class. "Hi, class, welcome to applied science once again. This week, we're going to do a little more with the application of Newton's Laws - in a fun way. There's no lecture, because you need all the time of this period to build your cars, and then we're going to race at the end of class."
He picked up a pre-constructed frame, just five pieces of wood glued-and-nailed together to make a square with a dowel fixed across it near one end. With wheels at each corner of the square. "Everyone - or at least every team - is going to make one of these. What else you put on it is up to you, except the motor. Your goal here is to make the most aerodynamic rubber-band powered vehicle you possibly can. Whoever makes the fastest one will win a prize."
Moving to his desk, Billy picked up another bag - this one of rubber bands. "These are the most important thing about your vehicles. Everyone will be using the same propulsion, meaning it's the variations in your car types that will decide whose car goes far - and whose doesn't." He attached the rubber band to the framework of his cart, winding the dowel and then setting the cart on the floor. It zipped across the floor at a decent enough speed, coming to a stop around the last row of desks.
"Decide if you're going to work in teams or alone, and come up and get your supplies. We'll be racing for the last fifteen minutes of class. Let's get building!"
((ooc: wait for ocd is up!))