Stanford Payne
4.25.2015
Grade 11 – Period 6
Physics – Mr. Kanopka
Final Reflection Questions
1. As a collective, my group mates and I all aided in construction. I drilled and screw some of the trebuchet together as well as securing part placement which included the weights and other parts. I also made sure the blueprint was still followed to the best of our ability even when we reached a minor issue to construction. I myself lastly, participated in error correction to better the finished project when something proved to be an issue in reference to whether it would work or not.
2. During the process of construction I learned the importance of precise measurements. I also learned the importance of team work and also thorough planning skills, as well as basic laws of physics in reference to the motion of an object.
3. My personal favorite part of the project was its completion and also seeing its successful operation for that was the compensation and gratification that all the work that me and my group mates put into the project paid off.
4. My least favorite part of the project was figuring out the operation of the sling because the structure was complete and fully operating in motion it was just lacking the actual throwing of a projection aspect.
5. There wasn’t much of an expectation for the fact that the whole sling struggle led my group mates and I to just ‘wanting it to work,’ upon its operation it was more of a surprise at the results then it was an expectation.
6. I personally believe that the addition of more weight would make the trebuchet more efficient but then there is also the event of the bar holding the arm of the trebuchet not being able to support the desired weight, being that the weight on our trebuchet was 20 pounds, doubling it may damage and or break the bar as it may surpass the bar weight limit and apply too much pressure.
7. As I answered in question 6, the addition of more weight may make the trebuchet more efficient and work better as it would be able to throw the projectile further. Also the application of precise and exact measurements may aid in its efficiency.
8. I feel proud of the finished project. The work put in shows as it operates effectively in the objective of throwing projectiles. I feel good about my participation in the projection and feel everything was an equal effort.
4.25.2015
Grade 11 – Period 6
Physics – Mr. Kanopka
Final Reflection Questions
1. As a collective, my group mates and I all aided in construction. I drilled and screw some of the trebuchet together as well as securing part placement which included the weights and other parts. I also made sure the blueprint was still followed to the best of our ability even when we reached a minor issue to construction. I myself lastly, participated in error correction to better the finished project when something proved to be an issue in reference to whether it would work or not.
2. During the process of construction I learned the importance of precise measurements. I also learned the importance of team work and also thorough planning skills, as well as basic laws of physics in reference to the motion of an object.
3. My personal favorite part of the project was its completion and also seeing its successful operation for that was the compensation and gratification that all the work that me and my group mates put into the project paid off.
4. My least favorite part of the project was figuring out the operation of the sling because the structure was complete and fully operating in motion it was just lacking the actual throwing of a projection aspect.
5. There wasn’t much of an expectation for the fact that the whole sling struggle led my group mates and I to just ‘wanting it to work,’ upon its operation it was more of a surprise at the results then it was an expectation.
6. I personally believe that the addition of more weight would make the trebuchet more efficient but then there is also the event of the bar holding the arm of the trebuchet not being able to support the desired weight, being that the weight on our trebuchet was 20 pounds, doubling it may damage and or break the bar as it may surpass the bar weight limit and apply too much pressure.
7. As I answered in question 6, the addition of more weight may make the trebuchet more efficient and work better as it would be able to throw the projectile further. Also the application of precise and exact measurements may aid in its efficiency.
8. I feel proud of the finished project. The work put in shows as it operates effectively in the objective of throwing projectiles. I feel good about my participation in the projection and feel everything was an equal effort.