car design journal

Integrated Science 9, Block F

engineering rubric
original design
Fill in your design features from your
summative into the following :
Air Resistance:
- curved outline
Propulsion:
- spring
Friction:
- sandpaper
daily reflection
Today's Date: 10.20
What I did today
Started to make the windshield and updated new
ideas about my design. I need to collect 4 bottle
caps of the same size before next class to make
wheels.
To do next lesson
Make the body
daily reflection
Problems I Solution
encountered
I didn't have a clear Made a more detailed
image in my mind about draft after class.
what my car would look Included accurate
like, so I was slow and measurements etc.
unsure when making it.
daily reflection
Today's Date: 10.22
What I did today
Made 2 pairs of racks for the axel of
wheels by drilling holes in the middle
of 4 pieces of cardboard of the same
size. Crafted the chassis.

To do next lesson
Get bottle caps for wheels
daily reflection
Problems I Solution
encountered
I didn't have enough Prepare materials before
materials, especially next class.
bottle caps. Also, the Switch on glue guns
glue guns weren't before starting work.
heating up.
daily reflection
Today's Date: 10.26
What I did today

Trimmed the edges of the chassis.

Glued the racks onto the body.
Replaced wooden sticks to thinner ones.
Finished the overall structure.

Reason
I found out that the holes I drilled for the
axes were too small, so I replaced them to
thinner ones and they fit better.
daily reflection
Today's Date: 10.26

Problems I encountered Solution

The axels keep moving and Added glue lumps onto

sticking out as they were too the inside of the axels to
long. keep them from moving
around.
testing day
 Trial Distance/cm Time/s Velocity

1 64 1’07 0.96

2 100 1’50 0.91

3 55 1’05 0.85

Average 73 1’20 0.91

Class Best 460

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Conclusion
Data Comparison Problems encountered during
testing
The data showed that the average The spring was hard to compress, and a
velocity of our car was slower than most wheel fell off.
of other cars in our class.

Successful aspects of our design Possible future improvements

The axels of the wheels rotated very • Stronger propulsive force

smoothly. • Increasing mass
• Balance
• Adding windshields
• More improvement on details