The Ten Items That must be Addressed by Your Project.

The following items have to be addressed by the the brief presentation and poster that you will turn in. The presentation can be as long as you wish, not to exceed five (5) minutes, and as brief as you wish, not less than three (3) minutes.1
The poster will be made to display the workings and design of your car. It is the largest part of your grade, and you will be expected to concentrate your efforts on the poster/speech. See the attached grading rubric:

 http://www.herkes.org/html_files/mouse_rubric.html

And now for the items:
1        How much does your car weigh in newtons? (N)2
2       What are the forces acting on your model, and how can you measure these forces.3
3       Describe, with words and pictures the motions that make your car move?4
 
4       Describe the method you used to make the car. 
5        Tell me of the problems you encountered, and how you were able to solve these problems.5
6        Tell me what the car is made from, and how much you estimate its cost to be.
7        Does your car move? If so how far can it move? If it does not move, tell me why.6
8       What would you do differently if you had the chance to redo this project? 
9       What worked, and what did not work?

10     What do you estimate the cost of your car to be?  Please be realistic.

Footnotes:

1As usual Mr. Herkes will sit in the back of the room with his stopwatch.
2The newton is the Standard International (SI) unit of force. In physics and engineering documentation, the term newton(s) is usually abbreviated N.
One newton is the force required to cause a mass of one kilogram to accelerate at a rate of one meter per second squared in the absence of other force-producing effects. In general, force (F) in newtons, mass (m) in kilograms, and acceleration (a) in meters per second squared are related by a formula well known in physics:
F = ma
The formula also applies when F and a are vector quantities having magnitude and direction:
F = ma
where the direction of the force vector F is the same as the direction of the acceleration vector a.
As an example of force as a function of mass and acceleration, suppose a mass of 4 kilograms is made to accelerate at 12 meters per second squared. Then the applied force in newtons is:
F = ma = 4 x 12 = 48 N
3Hint. The force of gravity is always present. What about frictions, and air resistance?
4Take your time and make a nice neat drawing. Use a pencil and ruler to make the initial design. Make a finished drawing after you have worked out all of the bugs. I don't like to get sloppy work on a project that you have had a three week lead time on.
5If you were able to solve the problems!
6My first car went less than ten feet.

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