Splash Zone
Evan Engles-1st Hour
Summer Fun
Around the end of July me and my family got invited to go to Noah's Ark with our cousins. We took a long drive down a long road and stayed at a cottage on the edge of a river. We got to go tubing while we were there and I fell off the tube twice. The next morning we all went to the dells to Noah's Ark. We went on water slides, in wave pools and on more slides.
Look at Me
Bermuda Triangle
5 or so years ago we were also at Noah's Ark, me and my dad were going to wait in line for the time warp however the line was too long for our patience. So we went on the Bermuda Triangle instead which turned out to be pretty fun.
The Wave
While we were there we also checked out The Wave, which is a wave pool. I almost lost my goggles in there and swallowed "some" water.
The Science of it
My first connection is about water slides and physics. When going up the stairs to the top of the slide you gain potential energy, and when you slide down it turns into kinetic energy. Also to get so much speed you have to reduce friction, As a solution water runs down the slide at all times to make it slick, gravity does the rest.
My second connection is how wave pools relate to how waves work in real life. Real waves are made by wind pushing against the surface of the water, then molecules pushed by the wind push against molecules in front of them, this creates waves. For smaller wave pools something is used to push the water similar to reality, creating smaller waves. However for huge waves a ton of water is stored up and then released to create the push effect in huge waves.
I Wonder
How big of a difference does water make in speed or acceleration on a slide?
How much force is needed to create a surf-able wave?
How would water rides be with way less gravity?
What is the fastest slide in the world?