Overview
For this project we were split in to groups and given the task of creating a usable and enjoyable out door space fir San Marin High School. We were given things to learn about to make this project easier; Atomic structure and state and heat, design a hot water heater, solar angles and how they change, client needs survey, site selection, materials testing, building design, justification, and generation of electricity.
Solar Water Heater
For our design we used copper piping and ran water through it. Our copper piping ran through a water bottle with aluminum foil on the back. The idea was to have the foil reflect the light back into the bottle to keep it trapped. Our design worked out pretty well. However, the tubes didn't hold much water so the entire thing wasn't very productive. Our designs heat gain was 1,381.38 Jules. The highest amount in our class was 14,232.4 Jules.
Student Survey
Materials Testing Labs
For this lab our class made the entire experiment. We figured out what to test and how to do it. We decided to do 4 groups of materials; wood, metal, paint, and ground covers. We wanted to test how they did in water and how heat and cold effected them. To do this we set up 2 labs. Our first lab was getting the materials wet and checking the weight to see how much less they weighed/ how much less water they had in them. Next, we took new, dry pieces of each material and put it under a heat lamp for 30 minutes, and measured the temperature every 5 minutes. Then, we let them sit out in room temperature to see how they cooled. Finally we took the materials and put them in a refrigerator to see what would happen when it got cold.
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Wind Turbine Lab