Buoyancy Lab
1. Justify how this project/activity/assignment meets the standard, using evidence from the standard itself to demonstrate your mastery and/or understanding.
Standard: 8b. I know how to calculate the density of substances from measurements of mass and volume. This standard relates tot he assignment because it talks about how we have to use math. Also, it shows about how we need to use mass and volume to get density and that's how I got my density for the aluminum boat.
2. Elaborate on at least 1 Science & Engineering Practice you feel you met/gained from completing this project.
One SEP I think I met was Using mathematics and computational thinking. I know I used this because I had to use my mathematical skills to solve for the density of two things. One of the densities I had to solve was the aluminum boat itself and the aluminum boat with the washers. I had to find out how many washers it would be able to hold before sinking. In other words, I had to find out how dense it could get before sinking into the water.
3. Upon reflecting on your work/experience and/or score, what is ONE SEP you could have done better on? How will improving in this SEP benefit future work/projects?
One SEP I could have improved on was Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating info. I could have improved on this because since I couldn't communicate very well with my teammates, the data might have been a little off. One of my team members was throwing the washers into my boat and it may have teared or pushed the boat down to the water which might have made it sink faster.
4. How will you presently apply the content and skills you learned from this assignment in the real-world, outside of the classroom? Make connections between the content and your life.
I can use this assignment in the real world when I need to find the density of an object to see it the object would float or not. Also, I could use this when I need to know how many people or pounds something can hold before sinking into the water. Finally, I can use this assignment for when I need to find data of something and interpret which something is going to do something better using evidence found from my data.
Standard: 8b. I know how to calculate the density of substances from measurements of mass and volume. This standard relates tot he assignment because it talks about how we have to use math. Also, it shows about how we need to use mass and volume to get density and that's how I got my density for the aluminum boat.
2. Elaborate on at least 1 Science & Engineering Practice you feel you met/gained from completing this project.
One SEP I think I met was Using mathematics and computational thinking. I know I used this because I had to use my mathematical skills to solve for the density of two things. One of the densities I had to solve was the aluminum boat itself and the aluminum boat with the washers. I had to find out how many washers it would be able to hold before sinking. In other words, I had to find out how dense it could get before sinking into the water.
3. Upon reflecting on your work/experience and/or score, what is ONE SEP you could have done better on? How will improving in this SEP benefit future work/projects?
One SEP I could have improved on was Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating info. I could have improved on this because since I couldn't communicate very well with my teammates, the data might have been a little off. One of my team members was throwing the washers into my boat and it may have teared or pushed the boat down to the water which might have made it sink faster.
4. How will you presently apply the content and skills you learned from this assignment in the real-world, outside of the classroom? Make connections between the content and your life.
I can use this assignment in the real world when I need to find the density of an object to see it the object would float or not. Also, I could use this when I need to know how many people or pounds something can hold before sinking into the water. Finally, I can use this assignment for when I need to find data of something and interpret which something is going to do something better using evidence found from my data.