English Component

I would like to do a journal on my project. It will be conducted throughout my project and will include what I do at each step. I would like to give something to people so that they can see exactly when I completed each step.

Bed of Nails Journal

September 4th, 2013:

Today we were told more about our PBL projects, and are now going to start getting more information on how we are going to do this PBL. It will mostly be computer based, because of this, we will be using Google Sites to show everyone about our projects which I think we will close soon.

September 25th, 2013:

We chose our projects, and I chose mine, because I am interested in why the balloon can resist popping, regardless of the thickness of the rubber. This project consists of a bed of nails, all equally spaced across a wooden board; balloons; and a balloon pump, which my teacher has, to pump up the balloons.

October 14th 2014:

The bed of nails, looks like this:

We received a packet with all of the information on this project. For my project, I will have to put the balloon on top of the bed of nails, place a board on top of that, and place some sort of weight on top of it all. The weight will serve as a pressure or a force pushing the balloon further down towards the nails.

November 3rd, 2013:

Today I actually got to see my project.My physics teacher gave it to me and I got to take it home and test it out for the first time. I used books as my weight, and was able to stack about 13 books on top of a balloon! I didn't think it would hold that much, and also surprised my siblings by placing that many on top.