Torpedo Project Honors+ Seminar
You are to design & build a "torpedo" from 1-3
pipets (provided). The torpedo must travel at least 1 meter in water. Extra
credit will be awarded to the torpedos traveling the farthest. We will be testing
it in an 8 foot rain gutter filled with water; at home, you can practice in
your bathtub using 1-2 " of water in the tub. The torpedo is to be propelled
by the reaction of baking soda and vinegar. Besides the design of the torpedo,
one of the purposes of this project is to have you think about relative amounts
of reactants in a chemical reaction. One idea is to load the baking soda in
one pipet, the vinegar in another, put them together( tightly!) and squeeze
to mix the reactants. Which pipet to squeeze, how much to load, how to use the
gas produced to propel the torpedo, how to make sure the torpedo moves in the
direction you want it to... these are all questions you need to resolve by planning,
designing, and trying out your torpedo. One additional piece of information
is that NaHCO3 dissolves in water.
Due dates:
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