Physics

Series Circuit

This is the series circuit we made. There is one pathway made out of aluminum, there is one lever, a battery, and a light.

Parallel Circuit

This is the parallel circuit. We used the same materials but with more pathways.

Lantern

Our class created lanterns for our school's Lantern Parade. To 3D print our images we used a program called Inkscape. My partner and I chose a monkey design and carefully placed our lights along the inside of the lantern.

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Hoverboard

Our class split into teams and made hoverboards. The elements of art that were incorporated were shape (when we made measurements for the circles) and line (when we made markings to form our hoverboard). The principles of design that were incorporated were repetition (with all the circular shapes created) and balance (to make the measurements even.

To apply Newton's three Laws of Motion, we made a hovercraft.
Cut a wooden plank into a circle sanded the sides
Cut out a plastic circle to be slightly larger than the wooden circle
Wrapped tape around the perimeter of the wooden circle and drilled a hole in the center of it with a 1/4-inch drill bit
Cut 8 circles into the plastic using a stencil
Cut out a hole that the vacuum tube could fit in
Assembled the plastic sheet and wood plank together using a screw and washers
Taped the plastic and wood together

Newton's first law: An object at rest remains at rest, or if in motion, remains in motion at a constant velocity unless acted on by a net external force.

This law was applied when the air blowing out of the vacuum pushed out of the holes. The air applied force to the ground making the hoverboard lift up. It was also applied when someone pushed it (external force) making it move across the floor after it was originally floating in place (at rest).

Newton's second law: An unbalanced net force on an object will cause acceleration.

The person pushing the hoverboard acted as an unbalanced force causing acceleration.

Newton's third law: For every force in nature, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

The air blowing out of the hoverboard was an applied force. The equivalent reaction was when the hoverboard lifted up.

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