The Mapping Project
The Methodology Behind the Map
This project was focused on mapping a small area of the Twin Buttes complex in Durango Colorado. To measure the bearings and paces we used a compass. Then we took bearings of wear we were, then counted paces to the next corner. We then turned every 5 paces into 1 centimeter and use the same bearings from true north to plot the direction for every conner and way point on the map. We also used Google earth to help find contour lines, corners and the bike trail. Google earth helped us by having the contour lines and a much more accurate location of conners, the latitude and longitude, which we need to have accurate elevations. Contour lines are lines that are inside of a given area. These lines are a idea if you flooded the area and where the water would stop at certain intervals, like 5 feet. Plotting the contour lines, conners, bike trail and creating the final product gave an insight to spatial awareness. Spatial awareness refers to how a person is aware of their environment. With this project spatial awareness was necessary because it helped us check our work.
Rocket Project
Rocket Log
Entry 1
Today I will design a secondary rocket just in case and I will work on making a parachute for my rocket.
Entry 2
Today I am designing a new rocket because mine had a leak in it so i must make a new one.
Entry 3
Today I am creating a new fin design at home for my new rocket.
Entry 4
Today I am gluing my new fins on and making a nose cone.
Entry 5
Today I am letting my fins dry and then i am going to spray paint it.
Entry 6
Today i am letting my rocket dry and then I'm am going to make my parachute.
Entry 7
Today we test fired and the blast chamber blew in half so now i have to re-glue it tonight because exhibition is in 2 days.
Entry 8
Today i am going to paint over were i re-glued it so it looks nice and im going to test my parachute again by throwing it off my porch to make sure it deploys. It did!
Entry 9
Today is exhibition and my rocket went 697 feet in the air but sadly the parachute didn't work but it went super high!
Today I will design a secondary rocket just in case and I will work on making a parachute for my rocket.
Entry 2
Today I am designing a new rocket because mine had a leak in it so i must make a new one.
Entry 3
Today I am creating a new fin design at home for my new rocket.
Entry 4
Today I am gluing my new fins on and making a nose cone.
Entry 5
Today I am letting my fins dry and then i am going to spray paint it.
Entry 6
Today i am letting my rocket dry and then I'm am going to make my parachute.
Entry 7
Today we test fired and the blast chamber blew in half so now i have to re-glue it tonight because exhibition is in 2 days.
Entry 8
Today i am going to paint over were i re-glued it so it looks nice and im going to test my parachute again by throwing it off my porch to make sure it deploys. It did!
Entry 9
Today is exhibition and my rocket went 697 feet in the air but sadly the parachute didn't work but it went super high!
Rocket Reflection
The exhibition went better than expected for me because my rocket did not explode and it went 697 feet up but the parachute didn’t deploy so it lawn darted and bent but i am very happy that it went that high because i thought that it wasn't going to go that high. At first Shane and I were in a group but then we decided to split up because I did all of the work so he made his own too. If I could go back and do it again I would probably redo the parachute and my nose cone and make it pointed so the parachute would deploy because if the nose cone was not on as tight it would have come off and the parachute would have come out and deployed.
I would probably tell next years builders that the should make sure that their parachute would work because then their rocket wouldn’t get destroyed from lawn darting. I learned that I can build a successful rocket that does work but sadly the parachute didn’t work but it almost did. I also learned that sometimes working alone is better than working with friends because sometimes you can focus better.
Conclusion
When I launched my rocket i was 174 feet from the data table were they were recording the angles, and the hang time of each rocket. My rocket went up 697 feet (211.21 meters) at an angle of 76 degrees. How we found the hight is I did 174 times the tangent of my angle (76), witch is the hight in feet (697 feet). then you need to divide that by 3.3 because that would change it into meters (211.21). my rocket stayed up in the air for 6.48 seconds. My error in flight time was 12%. That is how far away I was from my theoretical flight time. I only needed 12% more time until I got my theoretical flight time. I was so close! I feel like i was close to the theoretical time but i didn't get it because my parachute didn't deploy. I think that if my parachute did deploy i would have goten even closer or even on the right time.
Rube Goldberg
Picture of our sketch up
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