Map Project
Methodology Behind the Map
Emily, Jade, Jonathan, Ben
We used compasses and paces to measure the perimeter of the zone you see on our map. We spotted a person, took a bearing and counted our steps to that person. We continued that process until we had counted steps and took bearings in between all of the four rocks. When we got back to the school we figured out how far one step was and created a scale in order to map out a smaller version of this area on a poster board. Using a protractor and setting north at the top of the paper, we measured our bearings onto the map and scaled down the steps we took. The lines you see on the map are called contour lines, each line is five feet in elevation away from the next so when the lines are closer together the terrain is steep. We used google earth’s 3d tools to figure out where to put the contour lines. Contour lines are very helpful to have on a map because they help you figure out where it will be easiest to hike. Walking a zone and then scaling it down and mapping it helped us to gain more spatial awareness and to view maps in a different way. Going out and seeing a large space and then mapping it on a small paper helped us learn how to read maps and realize how big the areas displayed on maps really are.
Emily, Jade, Jonathan, Ben
We used compasses and paces to measure the perimeter of the zone you see on our map. We spotted a person, took a bearing and counted our steps to that person. We continued that process until we had counted steps and took bearings in between all of the four rocks. When we got back to the school we figured out how far one step was and created a scale in order to map out a smaller version of this area on a poster board. Using a protractor and setting north at the top of the paper, we measured our bearings onto the map and scaled down the steps we took. The lines you see on the map are called contour lines, each line is five feet in elevation away from the next so when the lines are closer together the terrain is steep. We used google earth’s 3d tools to figure out where to put the contour lines. Contour lines are very helpful to have on a map because they help you figure out where it will be easiest to hike. Walking a zone and then scaling it down and mapping it helped us to gain more spatial awareness and to view maps in a different way. Going out and seeing a large space and then mapping it on a small paper helped us learn how to read maps and realize how big the areas displayed on maps really are.
Rube Goldburg Project
Project Description
Rocket Project
Rocket Reflection
Although I couldn’t make it to exhibition, the rocket project was still a great success for my group. My partner and I worked for about two weeks building and refining our rocket to the best of our abilities. We invested ourselves in going above and beyond, making the rocket creative and different, and making our group work. Creating the rocket took a lot of collaboration, my partner and I had to sacrifice a lot of our good ideas in order to come to an agreement on the initial design. We both had pretty different ideas on what the rocket should look like and we had to combine the two ideas, we ended up with a 102 cm tall rocket with whirly bird wings and four cylindrical fins. The rocket did not fly very high at exhibition but I still feel like it was a success.
My partner and I ended up working very well together despite both of us having different ideas. Looking back on our first blue print of the rocket I now realize we were a bit too ambitious. Our rocket design had two more bottles that we never even ended up buying let alone attaching to our rocket. We were also planning on attaching a gopro, witch also never happened. In future projects we need to think more realistically about what we can get done in the provided amount of time.
Although I couldn’t make it to exhibition, the rocket project was still a great success for my group. My partner and I worked for about two weeks building and refining our rocket to the best of our abilities. We invested ourselves in going above and beyond, making the rocket creative and different, and making our group work. Creating the rocket took a lot of collaboration, my partner and I had to sacrifice a lot of our good ideas in order to come to an agreement on the initial design. We both had pretty different ideas on what the rocket should look like and we had to combine the two ideas, we ended up with a 102 cm tall rocket with whirly bird wings and four cylindrical fins. The rocket did not fly very high at exhibition but I still feel like it was a success.
My partner and I ended up working very well together despite both of us having different ideas. Looking back on our first blue print of the rocket I now realize we were a bit too ambitious. Our rocket design had two more bottles that we never even ended up buying let alone attaching to our rocket. We were also planning on attaching a gopro, witch also never happened. In future projects we need to think more realistically about what we can get done in the provided amount of time.
Conclusion:
After the exhibition my partner and I began crunching numbers to find data that explained how high our rocket went, at what angle the rocket was shot at, the hang time and so on. At the exhibition there was a data team 174 feet away from the launch pad calculating how long the rockets were in the air and the angles they were shot at. We used the angle (44) and distance to the data team to find how high the rocket went. We put this information along with more to fill out a data table, displayed above. Calculating information about the rockets flight was a good way to finish off the project.
After the exhibition my partner and I began crunching numbers to find data that explained how high our rocket went, at what angle the rocket was shot at, the hang time and so on. At the exhibition there was a data team 174 feet away from the launch pad calculating how long the rockets were in the air and the angles they were shot at. We used the angle (44) and distance to the data team to find how high the rocket went. We put this information along with more to fill out a data table, displayed above. Calculating information about the rockets flight was a good way to finish off the project.