Purpose:
I decided to participate in this guided experiment because the points seemed extra appealing. I promised myself that I would be more involved the next sections because I thought i wasn't getting much put of the previous experiments , then I wanted. But besides that I was super intrigued by the phrase "making rocks". LIke we really get to make our own rocks? I think rocks are pretty and enjoyable to look at so I decided there would be no harm. Information: The information that I needed to understand before we began this experiment might have been how electrons worked, what they were constantly trying to achieve. You will have needed to know The general idea and organization of the Periodic Table, Experience: Today we merged classes with Brian Delgados afternoon class and launched our motors with them since they had also made motors. When our turn was up I was a little nervous but I was ready. For some reason ours had a burst or explosion type of thing and then it started to burn slowly, but not too slowly. I was really happy that our motor worked the way it was supposed to. Especially because it was the first motor I had ever made.
I read that when using sugar potassium nitrate as fuel there will be a whole lot of smoke. Ad even though I was expecting it, there was a lot more than I anticipated. The smoke was completely white, but that could be changed to any color you wanted. What didn't seem too normal was when our motor had a wide spark coming out of it where the smoke came out from. But I learned that that was because er used a core burner instead of an end burner. If we had used an end burner that spark would have looked significantly different and slightly thinner. Like i said earlier I was super happy with my group and I's result. This project made me extremely nervous because I know absolutely nothing about motors and rockets. It was really helpful that Lupe and Nick had experience with them and were able to help me out with things I didn't understand because I really wanted to try and apply myself and it was going to be very difficult with a thing I knew absolutely nothing about. I am sooo grateful to have had the opportunity to work with Lup and Nick because they're really nice and they know exactly what to do when me and Kobe did not! Working with everybody in my group was really nice because I enjoy all of theirs company and I am comfortable with them all. I can really appreciate how Nick really enjoys this and is excited to help everybody with this. It was really nice and super convenient to have him to help! |