Energy Project

Project requirement

Our purpose was to create a project that used energy transfers in order to light up an LED. My group and I decided to create two wheels that would transfer energy to light a light bulb for our project. We would first place our hand on the handle, which would be full of negative electrons. After those electrons from the handle entered the wheel, it was spun, causing mechanical energy to flow throughout the wheel, finally reaching our tape, which served as a conveyor belt. The electrons would then exit at the next wheel and enter a light bulb through a small motor that we attached to our project, which would subsequently turn on the LED.

Building

First we obtained a large plank of wood. Then we chopped the wood to form our base. After that, we used the remaining wood to create two large circles for our project. Then we took two wood blocks and stacked them so we could rest our wheel on them. After that, we began putting our project together.

Content

Potential energy: both stored energy and positional energy (gravitational)

Kinetic Energy: The motion of waves, electrons, atoms, and molecules.

Chemical Energy: The energy released when chemical substances undergo a chemical reaction and convert into other ones.

Electromagnetic Energy: Energy emitted or reflected from things in the form of electrical and magnetic waves that can travel over space.

Nuclear energy: The production of power through nuclear reactions. Nuclear fission, nuclear decay, and nuclear fusion reactions are all sources of nuclear energy.

Thermal Energy: The movement of molecules and heat within an object or substance.

Elastic Energy: The mechanical potential energy stored in a material's or physical system's structure when it is deformed elastically.

Mechanical energy: The sum of kinetic energy (motion energy) and potential energy (energy stored in a system due to the location of its pieces).

Gravitational Energy: A huge object's potential energy in connection to another massive object due to gravity.

Sound Energy: Sound energy uses longitudinal waves to create moving energy. The vibrations on or from an object produce sound.

Electrical energy: The amount of energy required to move a charge in the presence of an electric field. To move a charge further in the electric field, you need more energy.

Reflection

I thought I did a good job in my group working together. My group did an excellent job of dividing the task, and we were all active in the maker space. This felt good considering one of my previous projects had a group that didn't work along evenly. I could tell the difference between a group that put in equal effort and a group that didn't. I also thought I did a decent job fixing problems. In recognizing and solving difficulties, I worked well with my group. Critical thinking and creativity are two areas where I hope to improve in future projects. For me, the computations have been a bit difficult at times. I'd like to spend more time understanding the formulas next time and going above and beyond the creative requirements of the project.