Dontfailmenow
Created by:
Stephen Zimmerman
Billy Stack
Dong Lee Shin
Wesley Stokes
Intro
► Mission
► Expenditure
► Materials
Overview/Design
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The first action is releasing a
battery onto a lever which sets
of a series of dominoes.
The dominoes collide with a
marble sending it down a chute
to set off a mousetrap.
The mousetrap hits a lever
which forces an aluminum ball
off a pedestal.
An aluminum ball falls and
completes a circuit, causing a
string to be burned.
The string then releases a
stamp.
Stored and Released Energy
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Battery
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Domino
potential energy to kinetic energy & impulse
conservation of momentum
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Marble
conservation of momentum
gravitational potential energy to kinetic energy & projectile
motion
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Mousetrap
elastic potential energy to final elastic potential energy
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Stamper
gravitational potential energy & elastic potential energy to kinetic
energy
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Aluminum ball
potential energy to kinetic energy
Hardships
► Problems
Conflicting schedules
Incorporating projectile motion
Timing of sequences
Consistency
Conclusion
► The
device took two days to build
► Countless injuries due to mousetraps and
glass occurred
► A unique hands on experience that involves
changes in energy.