ELA Component

English Language Arts Component:

Explanatory & Informative Writing

For my project, I will be using informative and explanatory writing to explain why both the coin and feather will drop at the same velocity. First, I will use informative to inform the readers of air resistance, gravity, and the effect of both elements on the coin, feather, and Earth. Then, I will use explanatory to explain why the coin and feather drop at the same speed and time with no air resistance versus with air resistance.

Informative writing, is a style that usually aids in the comprehension of data and facts. It is intended to teach people about the subject of the writing. Which is exactly why i used it for my project. I knew that the concepts behind my project were complicated at first hand, so using informative writing would've made the material easier to understand.

Additionally, explanatory writing is a form of writing that also conveys information, but also explains ideas. Explanatory writing's purpose is to increase the reader's knowledge, increase the reader's comprehension on an idea/concept, explain a procedure, or even explore a concept in depth.

Gravity is everywhere. Astronauts may talk about feeling "weightless" in outer space, but the term "zero-gravity" can be pretty misleading. Every object in space still feels the gravitational pull from other objects. Ultimately, everything in this entire Universe is effected by gravity or the gravitational pull. Gravitational pull is the force on whatever object that is known to attract objects towards the center of the each other. This force is directly proportional to the mass of the object, and inversely proportional to the distance from the center of the object. Gravitational pull can simply be referred to as gravity.

For instance, the air resistance, drag, increases as the speed of an object increases. That means that even more friction is created as the object travels faster. And that is why rockets/shuttles have fireproof shields. The speed at which the shuttle/rocket is traveling is so great that there is enough friction to start an actual fire.

With both of these writing styles I was able to completely explain the concepts behind my physic's Project-Learning-Based (PBL). Also, using these styles helped my teachers and fellow classmates also understand the challenging concepts of my project. At first, many of the students looked at my with a puzzled look, but after reading my component they finally understood and were even able to explain to me why such concepts with hold their stance in Physics.