Looking back at this project, I learned how to make tuna nachos which is very tasty. One of my biggest fails was forgetting to add cucumbers on my nachos on 1 of my attempts, I feel like that was an aha moment because right after eating the nachos, I noticed I didn’t add cucumbers. One thing I am proud of is making the nachos taste very good because when I first started making nachos, I thought they were gonna taste bad but in the end, it tasted really good.

Today, I made nacho chips and added them with nacho toppings. The effect of it turned out really great I let my parents try it out and they said it was very good. 3 goals I had for today were trying to combine the nacho chips with nacho toppings, trying to add cucumber in the nachos and trying to make the nacho chips more crunchy and hard. The aha’s I had today was when I made the nacho chips, I buttered 1 side instead of both sides and after cooking the nacho chips I realized I did not butter both sides. Another aha moment I had was when I made the nacho toppings I thought put enough tomatoes pieces but after making the nacho toppings I realized that I had made a mistake. 1 goal for tomorrow is that I can add avocado into my nachos because my dad says our avocados are gonna mold if we don’t use them.

Nacho chips with nacho toppings.

Nacho chips (Homemade) with 2 cheese sauce, (white=mozzerela, orange=chedder)

My 3 goals were trying to make the nacho chips, cheddar cheese sauce, and mozzarella cheese sauce. Turns out, the cheddar cheese sauce tasted better than the mozzarella cheese sauce so I will be using cheddar cheese sauce for my nachos. For the nacho chips they tasted very good so I have decided I will replace Doritos with nacho chips. My 2 challenges today were the recipe for the nachos said I have to bake the nachos for 10 minutes for 135c but in reality, I had to bake it for 20 minutes and 135c. Another challenge was my oven was too small, so I had to bake it in 2 shifts. My goal for tomorrow is to use the homemade nacho chips and make nachos.

Tuna nachos:

For ignite week, my project would be trying to make nachos and comparing if vegan nachos, tuna nachos or beef nachos taste the best. Today, I made the tuna nachos and they tasted very good. The challenges of making nachos include having the cheese sauce because they don’t sell chase sauce in china.  Another challenge would be having the nacho chips because my mom accidentally bought Doritos instead of nacho chips. The third challenge is going to be getting a fancy plate to decorate my nachos because I personally think presentation matters a lot. My hopes for ignite week is I make very delicious nachos so I and my family can eat them. One more hope I have is when I make the nachos, I hope that I don’t make too much so I don’t end up wasting. How I plan to level up is I am going to make my own cheese sauce and tortilla chips. In order to make the cheese sauce, I am going to melt the cheese to have the sauce. For the tortilla chips, I plan to buy corn tortillas and cut them into triangles and fry them.

The project I will be working on in ignite week is making nachos. Personally, I really like nachos so that is why I chose it for my project. I have collected 3 sources to help me make nachos and the 3 sources have different recipes because there are 3 types of nachos, tuna nachos, beef nachos, and vegan nachos. The recipe that I want to cook the most is the tuna recipe because I like tuna and the recipe seems to look very delicious. The materials I might not obtain is the cheese whiz because, in China, they don’t sell them.

Citations

Tuna nachos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS5xEybqj78

Beef nachos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwDJ3n5rlto

Vegan nachos:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVP0XqbztqE

As Project Collision shifted due to the Covid-19 virus from a collaborative school project to an individual home project, a big challenge that I faced was finding a drop zone that had a good camera film position. To overcome this challenge, I created my drop zone using a ladder and put my camera next to my kitchen because the kitchen has a wide view of my drop zone. Before this project, I used to think that the weight of the rope doesn’t matter but now, I think that the weight of the rope is very crucial for a successful landing. For example, when I tested with ribbons, shoelaces and sewing strings, I noticed that the sewing strings had terrible accuracy and horrible wind resistance, but the shoelace rope had quite the opposite of what the sewing rope had. The shoelace scored the best out of the 3 ropes I had tested with. Looking back on project collision, I learned that having reliable data can help support your claim. One area where my data supported my thinking was in blog post 5 is in blog post 5, I stated that ropes that are heavier tend to do have better wind resistance and accuracy than the lighter ropes and my evidence for the claim I made was when I tested with shoelaces and sewing rope the shoelaces had better wind resistance and accuracy because of its weight. In summary, project collision taught me to support my ideas with evidence.

The present study was designed to determine the effect of a shoelace, sewing rope, and a ribbon on a parachute. But because of the coronavirus, some of the variables and criteria have changed. I have changed the testing zone height into 2.5 meters instead of 6 meters because I don’t have the area for such a tall drop zone.  Rather than testing with ropes like Nylon and Dyneema, I used ropes like shoelaces, ribbons, and sewing strings for my experiment. And instead of using hot compressed plastic I used plastic bags for my parachute canopy. Team star bucks will be delivering light bulbs through a safe and soft landing. My research question is “What type of rope is best used for decreasing the drop speed?”

The iterations that were held constant for all the trials were the parachute material and the size of the box. The independent variables are sewing rope, ribbons, and strings and the height of the drop.

This is the ribbon rope. The ribbon was easily attached to the parachute, but it was way too thin. This ribbon is light and dainty, which also means it has terrible wind resistance, therefore, it would not be very helpful for our parachute.

This is the shoelace rope. I was also able to easily attach it to the parachute. Unlike the ribbon, the shoelace was thick and sturdy and when a rope is thick it increases the accuracy according to the research and testing I have done. The three tests I have done showed that the shoelace rope not only had the best accuracy but it also has the best air resistance out of the 3 types of rope.

This is the sewing rope, the sewing rope is the thinnest rope out of the 3 types of ropes I have been testing with. The sewing rope is very thin so therefore, the wind resistance would be bad. The accuracy is also very bad because the rope is too light so if there was a wind blowing toward the package, the package would be blown far away because the rope’s weight was not enough to keep the package steady.

The challenges of creating my parachute design were finding enough materials. I had some trouble with finding ribbons because I only have some but then I remembered I have some ribbon in a box that I put a long time ago so I took the ribbon from the box and used it to test with my design.

As you can see, there are 2 graphs and 1 data table. The first graph analyzes the velocity of the package whereas the second graph analyzes the accuracy of the package., the data table is the data I put inside the graphs. The ribbon has the velocity of a rounded average of 4.36 meters per second, this means that with a parachute, the dropping speed was 4.36 with the ribbon for rope. The ribbon had a rounded average of 0.28 meters, this means whenever I drop the parachute with ribbon, It will always be around 0.28 meters away from the target. The shoelace’s velocity is around 4.26 meters per second and the accuracy is around 0.223 meters. And last but not least the velocity of the swing rope is 4.56 meters per second with an accuracy of 0.376 meters. In conclusion of all my tests and experiment, I learned that the best type of rope that can decrease the drop speed is the shoelaces.

Due to the coronavirus, my supplies are limited so I changed some of my variables. Instead of testing with the ropes nylon and Dyneema, I would use shoelaces and ribbons to test for my parachute rope. And for my parachute canopy, I would use bubble wrap and plastic bags instead of plastic that has been heated pressurized. I’ve also updated my procedure to keep things organized and the procedure goes a little like this.

Procedures for Drops:

1. Safety Guidelines:

• To make sure that when each drop occurs, the testing site is clear of people so that no accidents happen in the process.

2. Videotaping and Camera Position:

• To make sure that every time we film, I will film at least 150 centimeters from the target point and film at least a height of 2 meters.
•  Put the camera at the end of a table facing the test zone.

3. Package drop:

• To make sure I am dropping the package at the correct position, I will make sure my package touches the ceiling.

4. Filming:

• To make sure we can capture the scene the instant the package is dropped, I will have to start the videotaping a few seconds before the package starts falling.

5. The Drop Itself:

• Just let go of the package touching the ceiling.

6. Repeat drop:

• Repeat steps 1 to 5 two more times for accuracy.

7. Record Data:

• All I must upload the videos to Logger Pro and record the Y-Axis Peak Velocity averages (meters per second), distance off-target (meters), and the time () it took for the package to reach the ground. The statistical center we are using is the Average.

9. Analyze Data:

• I would analyze my drop results (Terminal Velocity, Bounces, etc).

10. Create a Data Table:

• I will display the results on a carefully designed Data Table.

Another thing I have to update is the data I’m going to be collecting and the data table goes something like this.

I started my build and I will be first testing the shoelace rope and bubble wrap.

Team Star Bucks is delivering light bulbs through a soft, accurate and safe landing. Our research question is what type of rope best increases accuracy and decreases speed.

Claim: The rope nylon is going to be the best for decreasing speed and increasing accuracy.

Support: According to Azom a trustable news source, they state that the rope nylon is very good for parachutes because the rope nylon is chemical proof and is very light. It also dries very quickly so if the parachute gets wet, we can reuse the rope right away.

Design sketch for package drop

Procedures for Drops: 

1. Safety Guidelines: 

• We must make sure that when each drop occurs, the testing site is clear of people so that no accidents happen in the process. 

2. Videotaping and Camera Position: 

• We must make sure that every time we film, we will film at least 50 centimeters from the target point and film at least a height of 4 meters. 
• We will put the camera at the end of the table facing the test zone. 

3. Package drop: 

• To make sure we are dropping the package at the correct position, we will hook the package to the assigned hook of the drop mechanism. 

4. Filming: 

• To make sure we can capture the scene the instant the package is dropped, we will have to start the videotaping a few seconds before the package starts falling. 

5. The person near the videotaping iPad will give the “Thumbs-Up” signal. 
6. The Drop Itself: 

• Press the “Let Go” button on the Hook controller and drop the package. 

6. Repeat drop: 

• Repeat steps 1 to 5 two more times for accuracy. 

7. Share:  

• Airdrop all 3 videos to Team Members’ computers. 

8. Record Data: 

• All team members must upload the videos to Logger Pro and record the Y-Axis Peak Velocity averages in meters per second and the time (seconds) it took for the package to reach the ground. 

9. Analyze Data: 

• We would analyze our drop results (Terminal Velocity, Bounces, etc). 

10. Create a Data Table: 

• We will display the results on a carefully designed Data Table. 

Data table:

For the data table, we are going to record the speed and accuracy of the 3 different ropes we are testing with.