The model
How did you come up with the ideas? We brainstormed and looked up ideas on youtube to find a project.
How did your group decide on the ideas/plan that resulted in your model? We decided on the one that seemed the most logical to actually create.
What ideas were considered and then dismissed? Why were they dismissed? We were going to do a project that involved 2 cups and a Gatorade bottle but we decided it was too simple
What problems did you face in the design process and how did you solve them? We had a lot a leaks and we used duct tape and containers to stop them
How many times did you have to redesign/test/improve? We had to add more anti-leakage solutions every time we saw a leak which was quite often
Functions it shows: The model shows blood being circulated and the differences between oxygenated and deoxygenated blood and where they are in the circulatory system.
What is not shown: We didn’t show waste removal in the blood.
How would we show these: We could show this by having a draining system to remove part of the water from our model.
What scientific principles did we need to understand to make this: We needed to understand how the circulatory system worked and what organs were involved.
How did your group decide on the ideas/plan that resulted in your model? We decided on the one that seemed the most logical to actually create.
What ideas were considered and then dismissed? Why were they dismissed? We were going to do a project that involved 2 cups and a Gatorade bottle but we decided it was too simple
What problems did you face in the design process and how did you solve them? We had a lot a leaks and we used duct tape and containers to stop them
How many times did you have to redesign/test/improve? We had to add more anti-leakage solutions every time we saw a leak which was quite often
Functions it shows: The model shows blood being circulated and the differences between oxygenated and deoxygenated blood and where they are in the circulatory system.
What is not shown: We didn’t show waste removal in the blood.
How would we show these: We could show this by having a draining system to remove part of the water from our model.
What scientific principles did we need to understand to make this: We needed to understand how the circulatory system worked and what organs were involved.
project reflection
process:
presentation |
challenges:
The major challenge for our would have to have been the leaks. Our first idea to solve this was ducked tape, this solved partial leakage but didn't do much help. Our second efforts involved using hot glue, this probably would have helped if we had known where the leaking was coming from. We then tried to use parafilm paper which worked for sometime but not the whole time. We then decided to just tape bottoms of other cups to the cups we originally had which solved our problems. successes: We were very successful with keeping our model in a constant flow. Once we got the right amount of water in it it had no problem. |
judge feedback:
they said we had good attitudes, open to suggestions, concise and accurate answers.
they said we had good attitudes, open to suggestions, concise and accurate answers.