Friday, February 10, 2012

Period 5 - Nifty Lifting Project Commentary

Tell me what you learned from this project.

15 comments:

rachel said...

I learned that it is very hard to work in a group. It is difficult to work with people that have a lot to do in one week. But, my group and I managed to get our project done a few days before it was due. I learned how to correctly do find the mechanical advantage, and the ideal mechanical advantage.

Linda P said...

It was kind of fun, but it was also really hard. It took alot of tries to get our project to work, and even then, we still had to switch around the positions of some pulleys.

caitie said...

I learned that building two simple machines in one is hard. The project was one of the harder ones. It took a long time but it was worth it since the machine worked.

Daniel V. said...

I learned how to use two simple machines and make them lift 400 grams. It was very hard making the project work, but with the help of everyone in my group we finally got it to work.

Tom G said...

I learned that someone in our class is a Kleptomaniac. Besides the fact i learned that this project was not as easy as it looked and took a lot of time for trials to be taken. Overall it was fun but whoever took the wheels thanks for ruining it...

Sara C said...

This project was really hard and it took a lot of time to make it. I learned that it matters how many pulleys you have on your machine. At first, I had two pulleys on the top and it didn't work. Then I added one on the bottom and it finally worked. This project was hard and I had to make a lot of changes to make it work.

DillonP said...

I learned that you must manage your time and not procastinate. In my group we were stuck on the last night and it was a total mess. I even had a basketball game that night so it was hard to meet up with my partner. In all we got it done eventually but it took a lot of tries. We had to use sort of a trial and error like system. We finally found a way that would make the project work, but it took time.

Katie O said...

I learned that it was very hard to put the two machines together. Also keeping in mine the weight limits was also hard. We had to change our machine a few times to finally make it work with the correct weights. I learned how to use pulleys properly and how to find out the mechanical advantages of both of the simple machines together.

Anonymous said...

The project to me was really hard because i did it with eric haha. If i got the chance to do it all over again i'd do it alone and make adjustments to it. Overall when it was fixed and worked it was fun to see our project in action.

Jason said...

I learned that people put a lot of hard work into this project even though I didn't do it (I took the test instead). I also learned that almost everybody copied off the model Mrs. H showed us, which kind of made it boring after seeing like five people present almost the same project one after the other.

leoc said...

I learned that making a project becomes much easier when you are with a familiar group of people, and start on the project easier. But i also learned that it is important to have a fast pace in making the project so you do not waste more time than needed. I also learned that more simple machines does not necessarily mean more mechanical advantage, so we had to plan out whether or not the simple machine would contribute to the experiment, or just be a wasted part.

Kaylee F said...

I learned that to work in a group is hard but that everything works out in the end. I learned that two simple machines ,such as a pulley and an inclined plane, will make a complex machine.

Anonymous said...

I learned building this was very hard. At most points it was fun, but it was hard yo get things to work. Things such as the pulleys and trying to find a light car.

Anonymous said...

I learned that it won't be easy building projects by yourself. you need help. but i eventually managed to get the work done at the end. i learned to bring my proect in earlier to show my teacher before the due date.

Eric P. said...

i learned that the lower you make the inclined plane on a ramp, the easier to move up the ramp.