Blog 5: group 2

Group 2
Physics
April 29,2015


Blog 5 Questions:
A) Were you successful in your test? Why or why not?
We have not tested out machine fully but we are going to do this tomorrow morning and we intend for it to work. The reason we have not finished a test run is that we have had many complications with some of our ideas and machines.

B) What changes would you do after looking back to the project itself, planning process, or the group dynamic? Why?
One thing I would change would be how we built the machine. I thing we should have actually had a plan before we started building the machine. This would have alleviated many stressors that our group faced.


C) What were three key things your group learned in this project? This may include physics/engineering concepts, planning skills, etc.
One key thing out group learned was teamwork and that one person can not complete the project alone, that they need the help and support of the other group members in order to complete the project. Another key things we learned is that we have to have an actual plan before building and to create the framework before actually stating to add the track and other pieces to the machine. The final thing we learned from this project was that it is very hard to predict what something is going to do, the ball or object does not always do what you want it to do so we must account for these times and build the project accordingly.