5-8-09

On Friday in Physics class we presented our roller coaster projects the whole time. After we presented we had to hand in all of the work/papers we had put into all 4 weeks of this project. While we were watching the presentations, everyone else had to fill out a grade sheet on how well the people presented. These sheets were out of 50 points. You had to rate the group in 6 different categories. Every category was a score of 1 to 10, except for two. The categories were: Presentation, ride safety, the physics of the ride, model, ride theme, and the overall ride. Ride safety and ride theme were only worth 5 points (grading scales of 1-5). Also, once you were done grading them, you could add any comments you felt were necessary. We all had to pay attention to the groups presenting and if you talked, Mr. Manning said he would take points off of your grade. The presentations had to be under three minutes and you had to talk about all the aspects of your ride and convince the class that your ride is the best for Hershey Park. We only got to six presentations though, but we will continue the rest of them on Monday. Donna and I were the first to present. Our ride was called Celsius. My TPJ photo today is a drawing of the ride we made. Here it is: [|scan.jpg]. Our ride may look like it is not safe, but the work and calculations we made show it is definitely under 5 g's. After we presented, The Super Duper Looper ride was presented. It was a ride that has a round shaped bowl that you spin around it. Everyone is in a ball on the ride which is unique. The next ride was Castaway, which was presented very differently. On this ride in order to survive, you must hold on to the side of the ride the whole time. Then there was the Snake Charmer ride which has a break in the ride which would not look safe, but they said the calculations all show it is very safe. Next was the Candy Catatrophe ride. Kelsey and Blythe gave out Jolly Ranchers in their presentation, because when you are riding this ride, there is one section where the ride will slow down and candy will come flying out at everyone, and they cane catch as many as they want. Lastly, the next ride that was presented was Pumb Bob. This ride was more of a basic roller coaster/slide. That was all the groups that had time to present Friday. If you presented already, grades will be given back to us on Monday.