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Today Morgan came into class and we discussed our possible group project idea which is to create our dream home out of popsicle sticks but design it in AutoCad. It would definitely be a project that we would enjoy and let our creative juices flow.

Instead of class, we had a guest speaker, Josh, who is a civil engineer that designs and inspects bridges. He gave a great presentation about what exactly he does and the type of courses he took in school to get to where he is right now. One of his exciting future projects is a publicContinue reading “Friday, March 26”

Today I made a change to my car regarding the wheels. I wasn’t able to find graphite powder to use for the wheels but I finally did so I took apart my current makeshift solution and used the powder. (it is not meant to reduce friction- my mistake whoops)

Today my friend Kellen came to class and we had an interview for the yearbook. He asked questions that related to DaVinci, my thoughts on the class, the types of projects we’ve created, and what it’s like working with my classmates. While everyone was out shooting rockets, we tried to come up with an ideaContinue reading “Thursday March 11”

The car is pretty much done. I added the last component and having been testing driving the car down the road and in my garage. It’s looking pretty good and I can’t wait to see what everyone else came up with!

Over the weekend I made more progress on the race car. Personally, I think that after figuring out a design concept, assembling it could take an hour or so but I have taken my time to experiment and try to create the best design. Since Friday, I glued down the mouse trap and added theContinue reading “Monday March 8”

On the side from the governor’s stem project, I have been working on the car. I have made a few posts about how I have been experimenting with which combination of base and wheels is more efficient as well as the size of the rod. (Don’t want to give too any details but keep itContinue reading “Monday/ Wednesday March 1/3”

Today we were let go to continue working on our projects. I tried to think of different locations for our four-way stop and since the beginning I have been thinking of somewhere in a neighborhood. (The one that is near the school with the main road going through it). I think it would be aContinue reading “Friday February 26”

Today I had a chat with Mr. Wagoner about ways to improve the next four-way stop data collection. I mentioned our main problem with the inability to collect start and stop times and he came up with the idea of creating a spreadsheet (pictured below). When collecting times, we’d let the stopwatch run for theContinue reading “Thursday February 25”

Today I looked through everything I have done so far with my personal project, the car, and governor’s stem and created a mental outline/goals for what I wanted to get accomplished in each area. This week I am focusing on data collection for governor’s stem and on the side continuing with test running the carContinue reading “Wednesday February 24”