Hot water design
For this design our goal was to heat up 140m of water using any material we needed to heat up the water.
Survey
This is our survey and the parts where it is highlighted was the ones that were used in our outdoor classroom (Sorry for the image).
Our site
Our site was the box located near the café and art room.
Materials heat testing lab
At our presentation night I talked about why the site was a perfect location to make an outdoor classroom, talked a little of the measurements of our tables and the type of wood and lastly our survey which we made to help us figure out what the people want to name and position the outdoor classroom.
Design & presentation
As you can see here this is our trifold design we made for our presentation.
Wind turbine lab
During our Outdoor Classroom designing, we did a wind turbine lab. We had manila folders and were trying make a bladed structure. There was a choice between HAWT (Horizontal axis wind turbine) and VAWT (Vertical axis wind turbine). We chose to mostly do VAWT and made a box blade type. This worked fairly well, as you can see in the picture.
Energy
Please feel free to click on the button below to look at the types of energy we need to use less in
Concepts
Atoms: Basic structures of all matter
Molecular Structure: Describes the type, arrangement, position, and direction of the bonds linking atoms within a molecule.
States of Matter:
Solid-Molecules barely move. Ex. ice
Liquid- Molecules move around. Ex. water
Gases- Molecules move the fastest. Ex. steam
Specific Heat Capacity: The specific heat capacity is the amount of heat required to change a unit mass of a substance by one degree in temperature.
Conduction: Heat transfer through a solid. Some solids are better at transferring heat (Ex. Copper> Aluminum)
Convection: Movement of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas)
Radiation: Transfer of heat through waves/rays/particles
Insulation: Opposite of conduction (bad at transferring heat)
0th Law- Explains Temperature (If two systems are in thermal equilibrium with a third system, they are in equilibrium with each other)
1st Law- Conservation of energy (Energy is neither created or destroyed, but transferred from one form to another. Heat is a form of energy)
2nd Law- Entropy increases (Disorder increases. Over time everything becomes the same temperature)
3rd Law- Temperature can never get to absolute zero. Heat always exists.
Angles Of The Sun: We live in the northern hemisphere so the light that we get from the sun generally comes from the south, although the exact angles of light rays change considerably throughout the day and during different seasons. While designing our home, we had to take these changing angles into consideration.
Atoms: Basic structures of all matter
Molecular Structure: Describes the type, arrangement, position, and direction of the bonds linking atoms within a molecule.
States of Matter:
Solid-Molecules barely move. Ex. ice
Liquid- Molecules move around. Ex. water
Gases- Molecules move the fastest. Ex. steam
Specific Heat Capacity: The specific heat capacity is the amount of heat required to change a unit mass of a substance by one degree in temperature.
Conduction: Heat transfer through a solid. Some solids are better at transferring heat (Ex. Copper> Aluminum)
Convection: Movement of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas)
Radiation: Transfer of heat through waves/rays/particles
Insulation: Opposite of conduction (bad at transferring heat)
0th Law- Explains Temperature (If two systems are in thermal equilibrium with a third system, they are in equilibrium with each other)
1st Law- Conservation of energy (Energy is neither created or destroyed, but transferred from one form to another. Heat is a form of energy)
2nd Law- Entropy increases (Disorder increases. Over time everything becomes the same temperature)
3rd Law- Temperature can never get to absolute zero. Heat always exists.
Angles Of The Sun: We live in the northern hemisphere so the light that we get from the sun generally comes from the south, although the exact angles of light rays change considerably throughout the day and during different seasons. While designing our home, we had to take these changing angles into consideration.
Reflection
This was a great project to do even though it was a long one. An amazing team and an amazing job well done as a group. Next time, i will work on my leadership and be a bit more involved with the group.