Science Projects for Open House
Projects of Earth Science Class 2016! By Maximilian Tu
Earthquake PBL Project
Our final model of our PBL Project
Our final blueprint for our model
My first individual design for our model
My second individual design for our model
Quarter of our model built in our own proposed shake test
Almost complete version of our model in our own proposed shake test
Atmosphere 30 Hands Project
My title slide for the Atmosphere 30 Hands Project
My 1st Q and A slides for the Atmosphere 30 Hands Project
My 2nd Q and A slide for Atmosphere 30 Hands Project
My 3rd Q and A slide for the Atmosphere 30 Hands Project
My 4th Q and A slide for the Atmosphere 30 Hands Project
My 5th Q and A slide for the Atmosphere 30 Hands Project
My 6th Q and A slide for the Atmosphere 30 Hands Project
My 7th Q and A slide for the Atmosphere 30 Hands Project
Work Sited Slide for the Atmosphere 30 Hands Project
Invention Convention Project
The Invention Convention Project was where we had to get in groups of 3 or less, and invent or innovate something out of reuseable trash you have at home that runs on renewable energy, has included one or more of the 3 R's, and solves an enviromental problem that we face today. Before building our model, we have to make sketch of the model, and answer two questions on a handout, the 1st question is what enviromental problem does your invention/innovation solve, the 2nd question is how does your invention work to solve the enviromental problem. The enviromental problem that our invention solves is deforestation. As the human population grows, people would cut down more trees for space, agriculture, wood, and paper products. Cutting down more trees would speed up the effect on Global Warming, since trees absorb carbon dioxide, a heat trapping gas, and having less trees means that there are less trees to absorb carbon dioxide. Trees can absorb moisture well, so the soil can be firm and stable. With less trees, soil can dry up quickly and result to soil erosion, which can pollute the air. Our invention restores trees, so that there are more trees to absorb carbon dioxide, thus slowing down Global Warming's effect on Earth. Our invention, known as SPATP (Solar and wind powered airplane tree planter) drops tree seeds from a chute at the bottom (Hybrid Poplar tree seeds, beacause they grow quickly) in given areas that need more trees, when the seeds are dropped from the plane, dirt is also dropped to cover up the seeds, in case the seeds get blown away. After the seeds are well covered up with dirt, water is dropped from another chute at the bottom of the plane to keep the dirt moist and firm, so that the tree seeds can be quickly developed to seedlings and won't be blown away. The plane would then be given a route to water the tree seeds (There would be multiple areas to water tree seeds in a given route) everyday. Once the tree seeds become seedlings, the plane would be given a new route to drop tree seeds, amd process starts all over again. Our plane is powered with solar energy as the main source, thousands of solar cells are located on the plane's wing and on a bit of the plane's roof. Our plane is also powered by wind, as a backup in case our solar energy runs out. The wind turbine is located on the nose of the plane, so when the airplane moving, the air around the plane naturally move the turbine. If all of these power sources fail, the plane would have a backup battery from the leftover energy from the sun and wind. In every area where the plane drops tree seeds, there is always an already built landing spot for the plane, in case for an emergency landing. In conclusion, our plane has a weather warning system to let the pilots know when to fly the plane and when to land the plane.