5-8-09

On friday May 9th the class was dedicated to presenting each persons ride.

The first ride that was presented was by LIz and Travis. Their ride as callled Space Balls. It was a very impressive ride in which the riders were shot through the ride by moving air while they were in a shpere shaped car. Because there was not track and the cars were moving through a tube eahch ride provided the rider with a new experience. Their model was one of the best presented in the day.

Second, Donnell presented his ride. His amusement park ride incorporated a train. He uses the motion of the tires as circular motion. He had a fake train robbery as part of his ride in which the bullets were his projectile motion. Donnell presentation was very informative about steam locomotives. He can retty much tell you anything

Matt and Ricky also presented their ride. It was called the Puff The Magic Dragon. It was a roller-coaster that used electromagnets to eliminate friction. The circular motion was the loops that were part of the ride. It incorporated projectile motion in a jump that the coaster performed. In order to kep the coaster on the right line extra strong magnets kept it in line.

Ben singer also presented his ride, Cyclone. This was a water slide where the rider would start at an elevate position and fall, go around a bowl shape slide fall through the center come flying out into a pool. The circular motion was the motion around the bowl and the ride sent you flying into the water which is projectile motion. The model he created was very impressive. He used a water pump to make it and cheerios as inner tubes. The model worked well.