Mechanical Systems

We're going to start the year by exploring machines and mechanical systems.

To start we built, tested, and improved catapults.

Here the focus was on the engineering process, and taking accurate observations in order to test whether our ideas improved our catapults and by how much.

We also started talking about machines, mechanical advantage, and energy.

As we move forward we're going to look at how machines impact the world around us, including the relationships between machines and society, as well as the relationships, and physics behind how machines work.

Here are a couple of videos to start and explore key concepts.




https://youtu.be/A-QgGXbDyR0