Inquiry Project Blog Post

Did you ever present a slideshow to people? Well I just did that, it was really fun and I will teach you about two things you learned about my topic and two things you learned about the research/presentation process.

Two things that I learned about my topic are that I learned what states are swing states and how they are important, and I also learned that 5 presidents have won the presidential election without winning the popular vote. I learned that Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are all swing states and that they are important because they are not easy to guess who will win them. I also learned that the five presidents that have won the presidential election without winning the popular vote are, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump. They have done this because they have won the majority of 270 electoral votes without the popular vote.

Two things that I learned about research and the presentation process are that when taking notes it is easier to write in not full sentences and that it is better to not focus on the people you are presenting your slideshow to when you are presenting it. During the research process it is easier to not write in full sentences because you can just transfer your notes into a narrative because that is pretty much your script. I also learned that it is better to not focus on the people you are presenting your slideshow to when you are presenting it because it can get you really nervous, but it is not a big deal if you forget a word or two.

Now that you know about two things you learned about my topic and two things you learned about the research/presentation process. I hope that sometime you will do a presentation.

Maglev Reflection

We had the track covered with 4 strip magnets. And the car had 4 disk magnets on the bottom in each corner. The original plan did not work because it was not balanced. We took away the 2 middle strip magnets and added those 2 strip magnets to the side of the track . We added one on each side. We also took away the disk magnets on the bottom of the car, and made them strip magnets on the sides. 

 

There were 4 strip magnets on the track there were 2 stacked up on each side that repelled the car so it could levitate because we pushed through the problem of the car not being balenced.  So if there was a magnet on the bottom there would be a magnet over it. It is fun , and takes more than 1 try. And yes, creating was my favorite part.It was really fun to work in a group.