1. What factors can lead to poverty?
lack of money, lack of income, bad job, bad neighborhood, lack of appliances, lack of resources, I could go on but I don’t want this to be too long.
2. What circumstances can fuel long-term poverty?
lack of money, lack of medication, lack of income, bad job, bad neighborhood.
When I was told that I was a judge, I got really nervous. Not only was I gonna have to sort out fights, but I also had to handle most of the fines. I got really nervous about this because I was afraid I was going to make people upset when I have to fine them. but it wasn’t as bad as I thought. sure, there was sometimes I did have to fine people but at least most of the fines were cheap and easy to pay. this made it a lot easier for me to not get stressed while handing people fines. also, most days were pretty chill. not many people were fined. plus, I loved that I was able to donate money. I’d have to say one major take away was that I loved all of the fun things we got to do like write our own checks or actually do little jobs. One thing I learned was how to write my name in cursive because before this experience I did not know how to write cursive at all.
It was pretty easy to pay rent and take care of myself. I would get paid $1,500 a week because I was the second-highest role in the classroom, the judge. So I would pay off rent easily and still have plenty of money for myself. My health was pretty good too because of my income.
The success as a judge was that I earned a lot of money which made my life a whole lot easier because it was easy to pay rent. The failure of being a judge was that I had to sort out fights and also to handle most of the fines. This was not easy for me because I was a little too nice about the fines.
At the start of my job, I was being a little too nice and removing everyone’s fines. so I tried to be a little meaner and give people their fines. This was not easy for me to do because I was really stressed that I was going to make people upset when I fined them. But in the end, it worked out great because the fines were really cheap so it wasn’t that bad to hand them out.
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1. Given the challenge and the performance of your car on Test Drive #1, what change(s) will you make for Test Drive #2?
we were definitely stuck on what to do for our second test. but then we thought that maybe we could combine our first two tests to make a better car. so I got the weel to finally work while Coby worked on powering it.
2. What differences did you predict these changes would make in your car’s performance? What makes you think this?
it definitely worked better in speed than our last test.
3. Think about the variables such as the size of the spool, weight of the washer or tension of the rubber band. How might
these affect how far or how fast your car will go?
I feel like if our design was a bit lighter, then it would move a bit further.
4. What worked better the second time?
Well, we got the wheels and the rubber band to make it work.
5. What still is not quite working?
It did not go as far as our slingshot idea.
6. What questions do I have?
what would happen if the design was lighter or made with different materials?
7. What might I try next?
maybe design it to be lighter or make it with different material
8. Explain the energy transfer that is taking place in the racer.
the rubber bad at the top stretches back before contracting when launched. that energy helps the car move forward with a small blast of speed.
In science class, we were put in pairs and told to make a racecar using a spool and a rubber band to power the car. here are the first two ideas:
#1:
we wanted to make it look like a real car. although, we had no idea how to power it with a rubber band
#2:
this one my partner was just playing around with our materials. when he accidentally made an awesome slingshot!
Prototype #1:
we could not test this one because we could still not get it to work. the weel wouldn’t roll, and we still had no idea how to power it.
Prototype #2:
this one worked very well! although, we were not applying to the rules because we were supposed to make a car. this is a slingshot. but we were still allowed to test it.
1. What do you like about your initial design?
I liked both of our designs. I like design #1 because of how cute it looks. I like design #2 because of how effective it is and how fun it is to launch.
2. What has been challenging about the initial design?
Designing #1 was probably the most difficult because we could still not get it to work. The weel wouldn’t roll, and we still had no idea how to power it with a rubber band.
3. How well did your racer perform in the first race? Did it go far? Fast?
I think that #2 performed really well. It was the fastest and it went the farthest distance in the class. I cannot give the exact measurements because we do not have them at the moment.
4. How will you modify your design for the second race? What variables do you feel will affect how far and fast the racer goes? Why?
I really hope we can get #1 to work. since #2 is technically not allowed, I really hope that I can get the weel to work. Maybe we could use the slingshot idea to power the car? also, I wanna make our racer look like a mini car.
5. What have been your strengths and challenges during the design process?
I and my partner’s strengths were coming up with good ideas. although some of them did not work, I think they have great potential.
6. What questions do you have?
how am I going to get the weel to work for design #1????