Work - 

This was our last STEM Marin project, which was called Do it Better. For this project it consisted of three people including myself, Simone, Miley and I. This projected lasted about 2 weeks, for this project we decided to improve Gravity and Orbits/Intergalactic Planetary, and a factor to this was Engineering Design Cycle. For this project we researched a rocket that goes in space into Mars orbit. We managed to figure out how many times it would need to go around for a full orbit, also the amount of work the rocket was needed for the satellite to be able to get there.

Content (Equations we used) - 

V=√Gm/r - Orbital Velocity 

V=2𝛑r/T - Orbital Velocity

r=rp+alt - Orbital Radius

PEg=mgh - Potential energy 

KE= ½ mv^2 - Kinetic Energy

T=2𝛑r/v - Time

Wtot=KE+PEg - Total Work Done

Reflection - 

This project was our final STEM project. I really enjoyed this last unit because it was more open-ended and optional of what we wanted to do for our final project. We had a variety of past units to choose from too improve our current grade in that category. For our final project my group and I decided to improve Gravity and Orbits, we knew that this unit especially was one of the trickier and harder ones. We choose to do this because after reviewing each of our grades we all noticed that Gravity & Orbits needed some improving. So for our final we reasearched a rocket to send into Mars orbit, and calculating how long it would take for a full orbit. Along with how much work was needed for that to be able to send a satellite. I overall enjoyed this unit because I got to work with people that I know so it was easier to communicate with one another. I think I did well in collaborating well in my group, and I had good time management with doing my part of the slideshow and research. I also asked help when was needed so I believe I overall did a good job for this final project.