We started by completing an investigation to determine the relationship between Potential Energy and the height. We also made a model that is made with 6 foam tubes tapes and other things to help to make it stable. This model shows how the higher the marble starts the success rate of the marble to go to the end will increase.
Video Summative Of The Roller Coaster Project: Roller Coaster L4 Movie.mp4
What did I work on?
For this unit first we worked on observing images of Ötzi the iceman’s belongings, itself, it’s location, and a CT scan of his body. We also read articles about Ötzi the iceman, some about how he was murdered, some about how her was not murdered and some about both he may be murdered or not murdered. At the end of this unit we did a mock trial in two days the first is for the Red team to so the mock trial and we the Gold team are the Jury of the court at the end of all the mock trials the thing is that almost all of the people in the Jury vote that Ötzi was not murdered.
What did I learn?
I learned about the past and things about Ötzi the iceman like what health issues do he have and some specific things like how many millimeters is the arrowhead lodged inside Ötzi’s left shoulder. We also learned why to care about the past because of things like the past will tell us truth like what happened to Ötzi the iceman, maybe also what killed Ötzi. We also learned how to write open-ended questions and close-ended questions, about Ötzi the iceman.
What worked well?
One thing that worked well during the mock trial is that take notes when I was the 4th lawyer of the defense team I need to end the defense with a strong closing statement I need to listen to my teammates and opponents to say about how we win this trial and show that Ötzi was not murdered. Another thing that worked well is when we are researching about Ötzi the iceman I found a lot of evidence that shows how Ötzi was not murdered by another prehistorical man, but he died from health issues. Also the AI chatbot worked really well on giving me ideas of questions I will ask on turn of the trial.
What did not work?
One thing that I can improve on is that I can be more confident on saying my questions and closing statements out I think that I will be more persuasive to the Jury if I am more confident on my speaking. Another thing that I need to improve on is my speech, I think I can practice more on my questions and closing statement, so I won’t be that laggy. The thing that didn’t work well a lot is that
Personal Relevance.
The things that I practiced on this trial and unit I really help me when I am doing a debate competition which is this Saturday and Sunday Nov. 29-30 2025. This can help my deliver my speech and take more and better notes on my paper which I need to, to make a better speech. The most important thing of this unit is that it makes me wonder about things like how does a mock trial really work and why is there a mock trial also what will a real mock trial be like.
What did we do? In the challenge we built a car that will be rolling down the ramp with a egg in side it.
What did I learn? In this challenge we learned about Newton’s law of force’s, which help us know how will different types of car affect how much damage the egg will get. During the egg challenge me and my partner saw that the crumple zone in the front of the car cannot be that hard or else the egg will just flew away because of inertia. Also if the front is too short there will be things like the egg flew out the car, and such.
What worked? The thing that worked really well is the part of the front it is hard(not that hard) and also long, which worked really well on preventing the force acting on the car.
What did not work? The thing thing that did not work is that the rubber wheels did not work really well because the car won’t roll with the rubber part, at last we got to get rid of the rubber part of the wheel and it rolled.
Personal Relevance. In this challenge I leaned how in the car the seatbelt work and how important it is. The design of the car is important now to me because if there is one part that is not save then it could affect the whole car to reinvent.
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What did I do?
Me and my partner made a car with one balloon two straws and a Styrofoam base. When we tried to stick the straw on to the Styrofoam base it almost was almost melted by the hot glue gun. We used the balloon car to learn about forces. When we all finished our balloon cars we did race with each other.
What did I learn?
We learned about Newton’s three law of force and motion in balloon car, and trashket ball. We also learned things like how won’t you go through the wall, because of the opposite reaction from the wall to you, and also why you will fly out the car if there is no seatbelt (unbalanced force) when the car is moving very fast and suddenly stoped.
What worked?
The thicker straw worked better for the balloon than the smaller straw, because the air(force) comes out from there much faster, and the balloon cart went faster. We had to make the balloon bigger to make the car to go farther.
What did not work?
It was a struggle when we use the small straw as the thing to stuck the balloon. The force(air) did not come out from the balloon that easy. So the balloon car went very slowly.
Personal Relevance?
I have seen a lot of things that is happening because of Newton’s 1st law, but I don’t know why, and how. For example, now I know that people will who fly out of cars because of inertia. And how for example I won’t cross through the walls because of the reaction from the wall.
An artwork that I am proud to choose is my clay pinch pot. I am proud to display it because this is the best artwork that can be displayed by me. It is glazed well it is into a shape, and it helped me practice the skill that is needed to do clay work. I used clay and methods like how to slab and knead the clay. It is a bit easy to do the pinch pot because I just need to shape and pinch the clay square.
What did I work on?
We worked on presentations for why a city should the Olympics. My partner and I worked on Seattle, U.S.A to be the 2030 winter Olympics. We include four criteria Climate, Food, Economy, and Landmarks. We used Britannica, Culture Grams, Our World In Data, and Statista. At last we present to an “IOC member” to persuade him to choose our city to host the 2030 winter Olympics. Also we made a logo that represent this winter Olympic game:
The logo include things Seattle is famous for like coffee, fish, the Space Needle, The Seattle Great Wheel, and the guitar represents Grunge Music.
What did I learn?
I learned a lot of things about Seattle and the Olympics during this unit like Starbucks and Boeing is founded in Seattle. One thing that I learned about the Olympics is that the first Olympic happened in Ancient Greece 776 BCE. Other things that I have learned is like the first eleven games have only one event the 200 yards dash, also when the Romans controlled Greece they banned the Olympics that time because it was to violent.
What worked
The thing that worked during the presentation is the note cards it really helped me to remember the criteria that I am doing, and I also didn’t really write anything on the note card. Another thing that I noticed is that culture grams and Britannica really useful and gives us a lot of information.
What did not work
The thing that did not is Statista, and Our World In Data. Especially Our World In Data it didn’t give us any useful information. Statista is better than Our World In Data, but is still not that good.
Personal Relevance
The collaborative skills that I learned this unit is very important because if we can’t collaborate or communicate well we can’t worked well and you can’t also make friends. To be successful in this unit we communicate and collaborated about the criteria, the logo, and the introduction/conclusion.
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