What did I do?
We built a balloon car that could carry weight and still travel a good distance. The base of the car was made of cardboard to have a surface which the balloon could rest on. And underneath their a straws attached to the cardboard then metal axles to attach the wheels and when you pumped up the balloon it would move. We used this experiment to show newton’s laws of motion
What did I Learn?
We learned how newton’s laws are used in real life and what they are, and the balloon car was a example of that. When you released the ballon newton’s second law would happen, the second law is “For every action there is a equal and opposite reaction.” and when the you let go the air comes out that’s the equal reaction and when it pushes in the other was that’s the opposite reaction. And Newtons first law happens at the same time, his first law is “A object will not change in direction or motion unless acted on by another force.” And that means a object at rest tends to stay at rest unless something happens. And when the balloon car doesn’t move its at rest then when you release it a force from the ballon moves it.
What worked?
We successfully built a car that could hold weights using different designs. while traveling after a bit. I also learned newton’s laws of motion and how they work. We also collected data and collaberated together well.
What didn’t work?
Our car first would not move because the air would all leak. Then Han taped the ballon to hard so no air would come out then the wheels where twisted so they would change direction. Then our car snapped in half because my teammate made the car very thin.
Personal Relecance
These lessons tought me how newtons laws all worked and how they are used in real life and they happen all around us, you just have to look. A example of one of newtons laws is when you kick a football its sitting their which is newtons first law because its at rest. Then when you kick it thats a force and it changes its state of motion.