Reflections For Week 3 by Kelvin Ong , 2G , ( 29 )

Today, our group went to attend the IPW lesson as usual. Ms Sim told us that the agenda for today's lesson is to discuss about what are we going to research for the F1 in Schools project as well as completing the worksheet for this week.

She also told us that there will be a F1 in Schools Experience workshop that we have to attend. The workshop will be teaching us on the science behind the design of the racing car, manufacturing process of the car and the Wind Tunnel as well as how can we use this piece of equipment to help us to determine if the design of our car allows it to be able to travel at high speed.

The facts that we know about this project is that the design, the shape and the size of the car affects the amount of air resistance experienced by the car which in turn affects the overall speed of the car.

I think that we can design a car that is not very tall in height. We can also shape the front part of the car into a pointed tip. This is to reduce the air resistance so that the racing car will be able to travel fast.

I would like to find out what is actually aerodynamics, what is the Wind Tunnel, how do we use it and what is the drag of the car as well as how do we calculate it based on the Wind Tunnel test results. Therefore, in order to find out the answers to my questions, I may consult my physics teacher, go to the library to look for books related to my project topic or use the internet to find the answers.

Basically everything progress as we expected and I look foward to the next IPW LESSON

Thanks,

Kelvin