Start Your Engines / Car Lab
Due March 23
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Some ideas you can search for to help you with your project:
Mouse trap car, balloon powered car, rubber band car, self-propelled car, physics project cars
Mouse trap car, balloon powered car, rubber band car, self-propelled car, physics project cars
AP Physics 1 Car Project Group Analysis
Take 10 points and divide the 10 points to each member of the group include yourself in the point distribution. When you are done dividing up the points make sure you did not give out more than a total of 10 points.
For example if I have 2 partners I would divide up the points as such:
(Tony Jefferson 4 pts + Sarah Thomas 4 pts + Myself 2 pts = 10 pts)
For the group grade on the project you need to break down in detail what each person did for the project to justify why each person got the points they did. If you only write a sentence or two about a month long project then no points will be awarded for the group part of the project. You should have at least a paragraph on what each person did.
BAD example:
Tony did about the same amount of the work as everyone else but we used his house for the build that is why he gets 4 points.
Better example:
Tony should get 4 points of the 10 points.
Tony showed up to 7 of the 8 build sessions. Tony was the one that used the power tools to cut all of parts of he car. Tony helped keep the group on task by sending out reminders about when we would work and he scheduled the times to work around each person’s schedule. One example of Tony doing more than others was during the 2nd build day when we broke our axle on our car he ran to Lowe’s and bought more dowel rods. During the 3rd build day Tony brought all of the supplies with him and figured out how to get the wood to properly glue to the metal pieces. One issue with Tony was that he had a habit of getting the off task by complaining about what was going on band that day, he also spent a lot of time on his phone and we had to constantly remind him to get his task finished so we could move on. On the 5th build day Tony was the first one to show up and he figured out how to get the wheels to spin better by finding a video on Youtube about a similar type of car project and how they used graphite spray to lubricate the wheels. Continue the description of why Tony gets his points
The above better example should have more written in it, but should give you an idea of what I am expecting.
Take 10 points and divide the 10 points to each member of the group include yourself in the point distribution. When you are done dividing up the points make sure you did not give out more than a total of 10 points.
For example if I have 2 partners I would divide up the points as such:
(Tony Jefferson 4 pts + Sarah Thomas 4 pts + Myself 2 pts = 10 pts)
For the group grade on the project you need to break down in detail what each person did for the project to justify why each person got the points they did. If you only write a sentence or two about a month long project then no points will be awarded for the group part of the project. You should have at least a paragraph on what each person did.
BAD example:
Tony did about the same amount of the work as everyone else but we used his house for the build that is why he gets 4 points.
Better example:
Tony should get 4 points of the 10 points.
Tony showed up to 7 of the 8 build sessions. Tony was the one that used the power tools to cut all of parts of he car. Tony helped keep the group on task by sending out reminders about when we would work and he scheduled the times to work around each person’s schedule. One example of Tony doing more than others was during the 2nd build day when we broke our axle on our car he ran to Lowe’s and bought more dowel rods. During the 3rd build day Tony brought all of the supplies with him and figured out how to get the wood to properly glue to the metal pieces. One issue with Tony was that he had a habit of getting the off task by complaining about what was going on band that day, he also spent a lot of time on his phone and we had to constantly remind him to get his task finished so we could move on. On the 5th build day Tony was the first one to show up and he figured out how to get the wheels to spin better by finding a video on Youtube about a similar type of car project and how they used graphite spray to lubricate the wheels. Continue the description of why Tony gets his points
The above better example should have more written in it, but should give you an idea of what I am expecting.
Here are some movies of cars from previous year.
These are pictures from the first building project for the Physics classes at Pickerington High School Central from previous years.
Link to a google drive folder with videos of cars being run.
