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How can individuals impact people in
decision-making positions?
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What is the difference between a simple
and a compound machine? Why do we use simple and compound machines?
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Which simple machines in your device
redirected force? Increased the input force? Reduced the input force?
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Was the device you disassembled done with
the least amount of parts needed or could you redesign it to use fewer
parts?
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If you could have used fewer parts, how
would you have done it?
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What were the most important criteria
your team used to select the final design of your Rube Goldberg device
and why did you use them?
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What changes would you make if you could
redesign your Rube Goldberg device?
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What are two energy resources each for
renewable and nonrenewable supplies?
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Is the energy generated from falling
water in a hydroelectric plant the same, more, or less than falling
water?
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Is solar energy unlimited? Why or why
not?
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What impact will the availability of
energy sources have on the career you chose to research?
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What impact do environmental concerns
have on the future demand of your career choice?
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What are the forces, other than the
compressed air, that affects the working of a dragster?
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What can be done to counteract the
unwanted effects on your dragster of the forces you listed?
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Is there a relationship between mass and
average velocity for your class’ results?
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Do you know of any conditions that could
have affected the performance of your class when compared to the other
classes? What were they?
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Were your time trial results in the top,
middle, or bottom third of the class?
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What changes would you incorporate into
your design to improve your performance if you could redesign your
dragster?
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How can the information about magnetic
lines of force be applied to the placement of the magnets on the Mag-Lev
vehicle?
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In the beginning stages of the MagLev
project, you had to be sure the vehicle would “float” on the track. How
did you accomplish this task?
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When the MagLev design could “float,” you
had to give motion to the vehicle. What was one of the critical
considerations you had to make in order to maintain the ability of the
vehicle to still float?
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How did you ensure a constant force was
present to propel the MagLev vehicle?
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What factors did you take into
consideration when determining the mass of your MagLev vehicle?
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Do you know of any conditions that could
have affected the MagLev performance of your class when compared to the
other classes?
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Were your MagLev results in the top,
middle, or bottom third of the class?
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What changes would you incorporate into
your design to improve your performance if you could redesign your
MagLev vehicle?
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What are the forces, other than
compressed air, that affects the way a dragster moves?
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What can be done to counteract the
unwanted effects on your dragster of the forces you listed?
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Is there a relationship between mass and
average velocity for your class’s results?
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Do you know of any conditions that could
have affected the dragster performance of your class when compared to
the other classes? What were they?
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Were your dragster time trial results in
the top, middle, or bottom third of the class?
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What changes would you incorporate into
your design to improve your performance if you could redesign your
dragster?
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How can the information about magnetic
lines of force be applied to the placement of the magnets on the MagLev
vehicle?
-
In the beginning stages of the MagLev
vehicle project, you had to be sure the vehicle would “float” on the
track. How did you accomplish this task?
-
When the MagLev design could “float,” you
had to give motion to the vehicle. What was one of the critical
considerations you had to make in order to maintain the ability of the
vehicle to still float?
-
How did you ensure a constant force was
present to propel the Maglev vehicle?
-
What factors did you take into
consideration when determining the mass of your MagLev vehicle?
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Do you know of any conditions that could
have affected the performance of your class when compared to the other
classes’ MagLev vehicles?
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Were your MagLev results in the top,
middle, or bottom third of the class? What changes would you incorporate
into your design to improve your performance
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if you could redesign your MagLev
vehicle? What shape provided the most stability in your tower design?
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What could you have changed about your
tower design to use less material without compromising the overall
stability of your design?
