Kieran

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Reflect and Share

This is my final product.

It works because the battery goes from potential electric energy to electric energy when turned on, which goes through the wires into a motor that holds a fan. The fan is turned by the electric energy turning into mechanical energy and whilst spinning it also uses sound energy.

I was successful in the cardboard and hot glue areas, as they were pretty straightforward and simple to go through with. However, I struggled for a while with connecting the wires and figuring out how to make them stay attached so that the energy would go through the 2 wires. I think I need to focus on improving how on task I was for the project, as I got distracted in time and wasted a lot of time which would have allowed me to finish the product probably a class sooner than I did. I could also have made the fan more visually pleasing or tried to hide the wires a bit more.

The impact that this would have on the environment is probably little to none as all it does is create wind. However, the materials needed for the fan would harm the environment, as they would take fossil fuels to create. The potential audience for this product would be people needing a fan, for example people living in warm countries.

 

Create and Improve

Over the past few days I have continued working on my product, this was my progress throughout the week.

These were the base components for the structure of the fan, the base, the pipe for the wire to go through, and the different angles of each piece. For this day I mostly spent it cutting cardboard and not working much on the technical and energy components of the fan.

This day I was mainly focused on the motor and wiring parts of the fan, I struggled to attach the wires and make the motor work until I realized I needed a separate motor and a larger battery pack for more power. I felt like I had learned a new skill in attaching wires and how motors work.

I finally started piecing everything together and creating the final product. It seemed too difficult to wire the wires through the pipe after some attempts so instead I decided to wire them at the back. These are all the different angles showing all the different pieces in the final piece.

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