During the second week, our group finalized almost all of of the demonstration ideas and did a lot of research on thermal expansion in general; mainly, how it specifically applies to our design project. As of right now, we still have not decided whether or not to keep the gas demonstration including the balloons and the dry ice, so we will have to consult our advisors during our lab time on this matter.
All of the materials for the demonstrations have been ordered, besides the dry ice and a bunsen burner to heat the metal ball and ring apparatus. By next week, we should have all of our materials in and will begin to construct our lesson on thermal expansion. According to our Gantt Chart, everything is happening according to plan, and week three’s objectives will be able to be completed.
During lab this week we will mainly focus on adding additional information to the blog, as well as gathering statistics, data, and graphs to put on a poster to further explain thermal expansion in addition to our planned model. We will be doing so with the aid of the 9th edition of Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction written by William D. Callister, which has provided thoughtful insight when explaining thermal expansion, the absorption of energy, and the changes metals go through specifically.
Link to Project Proposal: https://goo.gl/JTwZeT
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