Thursday, September 17, 2009

Thursday, Sept 17, 2009 - Blocks 1B, 4B

Collect RA Prologue

Quiz on sig figs, rounding, Pythagorean Theorem

Review scientific method:
Question
Hypothesis
Experiment
Conclusion - Model

Intro to Material Science
Humans used fire 500,000 years ago
Learned to make it 15,000 years ago

Why so long?
Imagine all "processed" materials disappeared. What are your basic needs? How would you meet them?

You need to use materials to match the function.
Class discussion.

Theme for Material Science Mini-Unit: What can the physical properties of a material tell us about the structure of the material?

Stiffness of Paper Lab
Question: Does the orientation of the rectangle cut from the paper depend on its orientation?
Hypothesis + reasoning based on background info:

Do the experiment.
Data Table.

Make a conclusion. Try to explain results with a model.

Discussed results.
Model of pasta bridges.

Paper is made of long fibers.
Balloons also made of long chains. Demo of balloon skewers. (Didn't have time in 4B for balloon demo)

All of these involve long chain molecules called polymers (many + parts)

Other examples of polymers are wood, animal skins, people, plastics, rubber.
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