Establish:

Group Members: Zeena, Jenny, Riley, and Myles

In order to succeed, you must fail.

• What skills and strengths do each of the group members have to help you accomplish this project? (mention names and skills)

Zeena- encouraging team members

Jenny- organizing and recording skills

Riley- finishing projects in deadline

Myles- calculating skills

• How are you going to divide up the workload? What roles and responsibilities are assigned for each person?

Zeena- Teamwork (encouraging and helping team to stay in task)

Jenny- reporter (interviewing racers and taking records of an event)

Riley- racer (experiment which pairs create the most static charge that repels or attracts)

Myles- timer (timing the racers)

 

Envision:

• What rules do you want to have regarding your collaboration? (e.g. equal workload, deadlines met etc.)

We will equally distribute the work (each person has their role).

We will finish our work in time.

• What will you do if these rules are not being followed?

If the rules are broken, we will discuss as a group and come up with a solution.

• Do you have any questions regarding the task that need to be answered? Do you understand the requirements of the project?

Yes, we understand the requirements of the project.

• What goals for the task do you have for the group?

-Win the race

-Collaborate nicely with your team

-Don’t get hurt

-Don’t hurt others

-Divide all work equally

-Be understanding of the opinions of others and don’t judge them

• What will the final outcome or product look like and what information is needed to accomplish the task?

-You need to know which materials create the most static charge that repels, to push the car to race and win.

-A chart of information which shows whether or not this pair of material repels or attracts, and how much it attracts or repels.

• If you were to break down the task into manageable pieces, what would the timeline look like, knowing that the project is due March 7? (add names and date Experiment with all the materials and decide which one is the best material to use. (First 2 days)

1. Do the experiment to see what material of rod works best with what material of cloth to create the best static charge (Riley 3/5, 3/6)
2. Record data (Jenny 3/5, 3/6)
3. Analyze data (Myles 3/5, 3/6)
4. Reach a decision what material of rod works best with what material of cloth to create the best static charge (Zeena 3/6)
5. Participate in the race (All 3/7)

 

Execute:

Conductors	Copper	Glass	Aluminium	Ebonite	Plastic Spoon	Lucite	Wood	Straw
Silk	Attract (weak)	no effect	no effect	Attract	Repel (strong)	Attract (strong)	No effect	attract
Fur	no effect	Repel (barely)	no effect	Repel (strong)	Repel & attract	repel (strong)	Repel (barely)	attract
Cotton	no effect	no effect	no effect	Repel	No effect	Repel (weak)	Attract (weak)	Attract (strong)
Wool	no effect	Attract	no effect	Attract (weak)	Attract (weak)	Attract (weak)	No effect	Attract (strong)
Polyester	no effect	Attract (weak)	no effect	Attract (barely)	Repel (strong)	Repel (weak)	No effect	attract
Plastic	no effect	Attract (weak)	no effect	repel	Attract	attract	attract	attract

We decided that Lucite and fur is the best material to use for the race.

 

Examine:

How did your engine work?
Lucite charged by fur attracted the ruler and made it to spin.

How could you increase the velocity of your race?
I could have increased the velocity of my race by placing the lucite horizontal  and closer to the ruler. Therefore, more surface area of lucite would attract the ruler stronger.