Build a Compund Machine

Our Machine with an IMA of 28

In our compound machine, we combined all of our simple machines and made a compound machine, because we wantedto get the heighest IMA we could, this is how the IMA grading was determined

Grading is as follows:

If IMA is.....

A+ = 90

A =70-89

A - = 40-69

B+ = 28-39

B=20-27

C = 14-20

D = 8-13

F= 0-7

 

We got an IMA of excactly 28, so we were proud with a B+. Jack and Chris got an IMA of 247, so pretty much 200 more IMA than us. The other students used a pulley though, we did not have a pulley because it was destroyed in the process of making this compoud machine. We used a lever and a wheel and axle. We had to make a bigger wheel to get a greater IMA. Everyone used box of nails to get their IMA, and we used two which were 4.76N each. We should have made a pulley to start with so we could do better.

 

I think I learned that I should listen to Mr. Atkins and make a pulley next time. The thing that suprised me was that our IMA got us a B+ on the project. Next project we have to do everything much better so that our IMA and project could be a lot better.

 

 

 

Simple Machines

Simple Machines

 

In this project we built four simple machines in groups of 2-4. Those machines were, the wheel & axle, the inclined plane, the lever, and the pulley. Our main goal was to make these machines hold up a box of nails, and who ever could get the highest amout of IMA and percent efficiency. The highest IMA was 6, and whoever got closest to the IMA of 6 and got the highest percent efficiency would win. For the pulley the IMA was 2 and if you got to 2 then the you would win. The prize was a cupcake!



The Inclined Plane (Jason Solomon)



The Wheel & Axle (Joe Scotto)



 

 

 

The Pulley (Joe Scotto)

 

 

The Lever (Jason Solomon)

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

We came in last place, unfortunately. None of our projects got a high enough mechanical advantage. We struggled making our pulley. Troy who was absent the whole time, had known everything. We should have listened and paid close attention to how to make these. The final winner was Noah’s group. Noah’s group had the highest and best machines in mechanical advantage and efficiency.

We lost efficiency because of our measurements were off and which this really messed up our entire project. We didn’t even make the lever, so that screwed us over. Our incline was the only project that didn’t come in last place; it came in second to last, by one percent efficiency. If we knew how to create the project correctly, then we could of won the prize.

6 simple machines

6 simple machines

Lever, Wedge, Pulley, Inclined Plane, Wheel and Axel, and Screw

The wedges and the inclined plane are pretty much the same thing because they are the same shape. Lever and Pulley are the same thing too because you are applying for to both simple machines.

Westwood on the Cutting Edge

                                                              Westwood Cutting Edge

           Putting A 3D printer and a emotiv system together would be a creative invention/innovation. It would allow people to print out what there thinking. In order to invent this we would need people who understand these machines very well, like either machanics or engineers to build and help create this new project. The 3D printer will scan your brain and allow print outs of what you are thinking about, like images and ideas. If this works the user will be able to 3D print what ever they think when wearing the emotiv head gear, like the headset.

 

-------------------------------------------------BrainStorming-----------------------------------------------------
                                                         Other Possible Projects
1. 3D printer, brings your projects to life. When you are at home you can get ideas of new items and projects that you can change your life.

2. The rasberry pi is a capable little PC which can be used for many of the things that your desktop PC does, like spreadsheets, word-processing and games. It plays high-definition video. We want to see it being used by kids all over the world to learn programming.

3.  A TINY CHEAP MICROPROCESSOR- that can execute coded commands for electronics/robotics that react to the environment. It can make commands for robots that can help the enviorment in many different ways.

4. 3D Scanner Quickly turn the things in your world into 3D models that you can modify, improve, share, and 3D print. 3D Scanner can help you make models that will scan in real liffe and will improve the enviorment.

5. Emotiv- A sleek, multi-channel, wireless headset that monitors your brain activity and translates EEG into meaningful data you can understand. You can put a head set on a person and find out what they are thinking about and you can record the data.

1. Use the emotiv and x-ray machine to take x-rays with your mind
2. Use 3-D printer to make a life size sculture of someone.
3. Use the raspberry pi and the emotiv system as a mind computer.
4. Instant messgaging with the emotiv
5. the Arduino One can be used to make websites.

Design Cycle Notecard Challenge

We had to make little papers and fold them up into little columns. Then we either had a chance to get the Atkins A, where Mr. Atkins would stand on the columns and see if he could stand on it. Or we had to stack as much books as we can and weigh how much it was. We failed by not having enough columns that would hold Mr. Atkins up, because it was either not stable or the columns were too big or too small. Overturning was a big problem in our class. Overturning was when something tips over so that it is on its side or upside down.

Skyscraper

Original architectural model of the World Trade Center on exhibit at the Skyscraper Museum

The Skyscraper Museum is an architecture museum located in Battery Park City, Manhattan, New York City and founded in 1996.  Before moving to the current and permanent location in Battery Park City in 2004, the museum was a nomadic institution, holding pop-up exhibitions in donated spaces around Lower Manhattan since 1996. The original site of the museum was located very close to the World Trade Center. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, the museum was forced to close temporarily as its space was commandeered as an emergency information center. This is academically relevant because it shows how the building stays up.




Joe Scotto

Innovation

Innovation: iPhone
Inventor: Steve Jobs
Created in: 2007

      The iPhone is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It runs Apple's iOS mobile operating system. The first generation iPhone was released on June 29, 2007; the most recent iPhones, the seventh-generation iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S, were revealed on September 10, 2013. Before the iPhone, the blackberry was the popular phone.
      It was just like the iPhone but the iPhone was more improved and it had more applications and more things to do. This changed society by making everyone get the iPhone because it was new and improved and it was more intellegent than all the other phones. There are six generations of iPhone models, each accompanied by one of the six major releases of iOS. The original 1st-generation iPhone was a GSM phone and established design precedents, such as a button placement that has persisted through all models and a screen size maintained for the next four iterations.



Invention: Steam Radiator
Inventor: Franz San Galli
Created: 1855

       The steam radiator was created by Franz San Galli, in 1855. Steam has the advantage of flowing through the pipes under its own pressure without the need for pumping. For this reason, it was adopted earlier, before electric motors and pumps became available. Steam is also far easier to distribute than hot water throughout large, tall buildings like skyscrapers. However, the higher temperatures at which steam systems operate make them inherently less efficient, as unwanted heat loss is inevitably greater.
       Steam pipes and radiators are prone to producing banging sounds often incorrectly called water hammer. The bang is created when some of the steam condenses into water in a horizontal section of the steam piping. Subsequently, steam picks up the water, forms a "slug" and hurls it at high velocity into a pipe fitting, creating a loud hammering noise and greatly stressing the pipe. This condition is usually caused by a poor condensate drainage strategy and is often caused by buildings settling and the resultant pooling of condensate in pipes and radiators that no longer tilt slightly back towards the boiler.

COME AND SEE THE GREATEST world MAKER FAIRE EVER!

September 21 & 22
New York Hall of Science

Sat. 10 AM - 7 PM | Sun. 10 AM - 6 PM

$15 for ages 2-17 $20 for ages 18+

If you are interested in becoming an Engineer, then come down to the Maker Faire. This will change your life and you will experience new things, like different projects that are going to be presented. This is presented by Disney, so if you like different animations and different things made by Disney; Maker Faire is where you should be. Everyone who goes will be amazed by the different projects.