Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Ten Research Questions

Here is a picture of our ten research questions. As you can see at the bottom of the page is our sign of approval plus an extra 3 bonus points for being the first group to complete this part of the assignment.


Ten Questions:
1. How can we ensure that our mousetrap car will travel straight?
2. What is friction, where does it exist? How can we reduce the friction in the wheels and why?
3. What materials should we use to make our mousetrap car and why?
4.What does our mousetrap car have to do?
5. What should the dimensions of our mousetrap car be? (length x height x width)
6. Where are we getting the energy to power our mousetrap car? (power output)
7. What should the mass of our mousetrap car be to travel fast?
8. What is the purpose of extending the arm on the mousetrap car?
9. How do we calculate the speed of our mousetrap car?
10. How will we build the frame of our mousetrap car to keep it stable, but light?

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