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The Balloon R ocket C ar

Featuring Newton's Laws. The Balloon R ocket C ar. By: Avery, Lexy, Kaitlyn. I ntro. Our car went 5.2 meters It weighed 25.2 grams We used a 6 inch plastic Bottle,2 skewers,3 straws, 4 bottle caps duct tape and A green balloon We wanted to make the car

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The Balloon R ocket C ar

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  1. Featuring Newton's Laws The Balloon Rocket Car By: Avery, Lexy, Kaitlyn.

  2. Intro • Our car went 5.2 meters • It weighed 25.2 grams • We used a 6 inch plastic Bottle,2 skewers,3 straws, 4 bottle caps duct tape and A green balloon • We wanted to make the car Light and fast with the least amount of friction possible. Our group roles were: Avery: project manager Lexy: rules Kaitlyn:Recorder

  3. Testing results • While we tested the car, we noticed that the car moved only on totally flat and clean surfaces like tables or a tile floor. It when farther on these surfaces then it did going on the lunch room floor.We tried using duct tape to hold up the balloon because we thought that’s what was holding it down. • When we tested the balloon car with the duct tape support we found out that the car still wouldn’t move. But when I removed the duct tape when we got back to the class room, it moved with out resolve. • It could have been one of two things that made the car not move. 1 all the dirt and grime of the cafeteria floor made so much friction that the car simply couldn’t move. Or 2 the balloon or the mass of the duct tape became to heavy for the car to move.

  4. Newton's first law and how it affected our car. • Newton's first law states that an object in motion can stay in motion unless acted upon by an opposite force. • What we thought of when we were planning is that we would try to make it light weight and with as little friction as possible. We thought about making runners so there would be less friction on the surface. but it turns out that it would cause even more friction so instead we stuck with the wheels.

  5. Newton's second law and how it affected our car • Newton's second law declares that Acceleration is produced when a force acts on a mass. The greater the mass of the object being accelerated the greater the amount of force needed to accelerate the object or F=ma. • From this we learned that the car had to be light and small to produce more acceleration requiring less of a force to push it far. We ended up using 4 caps a 6 inch water bottle and 2 skewers.

  6. Newton's third law and how that affects our car • Newton's third law says thatevery action has an equal and opposite reaction. This means that when you are jumping on the trampoline your force exerted pushes you up and gravity pushes you down. • When the car moves the opposite and equal reaction is friction against the car.

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