Fishing Derby
In science class we had a fishing derby. We are learning about electromagnetic. For this derby we all were aiming pick up the most fish. In fishing you have pole, in ours we did too. Though ours were a bit different, it was electromagnetic fishing pole.
For this to work we had to make a complete path for the fishing pole to work. For a complete path you need a volt (batteries), a resistor (nail), and a path (wires). Another thing to include is the switch. Now, my partner and I were thinking about some ideas. The first one, we thought it over and said, "This probably won't work out." Then we thought of a second one, we tried it and it worked. We definitely made some tweaks but, eventually it worked out alright. What we did was we had a fishing pole, than a battery holder that had wires connected to it. Then we attached some of the wire to the battery holder then to the nail. Though, one of the ends were not connected to the battery holder, it is connected a paper clip. Their is a nail in the pole with the wire touching it. When the paperclip is connected to the nail it picks up fish because it has a complete path. When not connected it releases the fish because their is no complete path. This is how we made our fishing pole, and it worked.
This is how we built our fishing pole. In this project it was very fun and meaningful, but also it taught me something. It taught me mostly partnership, about how to work with someone together and have great success but, also failures. I also know about a complete path and more about electromagnetic. I loved this project and hope to have another one like this.
The first and second design:
The final design:
For this to work we had to make a complete path for the fishing pole to work. For a complete path you need a volt (batteries), a resistor (nail), and a path (wires). Another thing to include is the switch. Now, my partner and I were thinking about some ideas. The first one, we thought it over and said, "This probably won't work out." Then we thought of a second one, we tried it and it worked. We definitely made some tweaks but, eventually it worked out alright. What we did was we had a fishing pole, than a battery holder that had wires connected to it. Then we attached some of the wire to the battery holder then to the nail. Though, one of the ends were not connected to the battery holder, it is connected a paper clip. Their is a nail in the pole with the wire touching it. When the paperclip is connected to the nail it picks up fish because it has a complete path. When not connected it releases the fish because their is no complete path. This is how we made our fishing pole, and it worked.
This is how we built our fishing pole. In this project it was very fun and meaningful, but also it taught me something. It taught me mostly partnership, about how to work with someone together and have great success but, also failures. I also know about a complete path and more about electromagnetic. I loved this project and hope to have another one like this.
The first and second design:
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