The PinkMountainSamurai

Bonnie Herrell Jesse Pavlak

& Bruce Shelander

BLUEPRINTS

Considered Concepts:

o Projectile Motion

o Conservation of Angular Momentum

o Conservation of Linear MomentumMain Concepts Utilized:

o Conservation of Rotational Momentum

o Center of Mass

o Torque (Rotational Motion)

o Conservation of Translational Energy

Bill of materials: Pink foam, marbles, string, toothpicks, dowel rods,

wooden planks, fabric, plastic cup, ¾ inch pvc pipe, metal weight, toy s.u.v., action figure, molecular model kit, and pair of funnels

MATH BEHIND THE MACHINE Pt. I: Conservation of Rotational Momentum

MATH BEHIND THE MACHINE Pt. II: Center of Mass

Pt. III: Torque (Rotational Motion)

MATH BEHIND THE MACHINE

Pt. IV: Conservation of Translational Energy