Water Turbine Project

As of now we are working on building different turbine models to see which ones work most effectively.
So with our Forces and Newton's Laws Concept Checklist we chose 3.0 g-To understand and apply the relationship between force, mass, and acceleration.
We found that the mass is the turbine and the force acting upon it is the flowing water that hits it, which causes it to accelerate. Since F = ma, the greater the force of the water acting on the turbine, the greater the acceleration.

With the Velocity and Momentum Checklist we chose  3.0 g which asks to Explain real life phenomenon in terms of v and m:
 With our turbine we can look at the momentum of both the water and the turbine itself and set them equal to each other to theorize about what will happen. Since p= mv we will have the mass of the turbine times the velocity of the turbine set equal to the mass of the water times the velocity of the water: mt vt = mw vw. With a greater velocity and mass of water and a small mass of the turbine that would mean that the velocity of the turbine would go up. On both sides of the equation the mass and velocities are inversely related to each other so with the decrease of one that would be the increase of the other.

This is the link for Anita and Helen's blog who are also working with me on this project:-
http://merelynion-naturalscience.blogspot.com/

http://unaspreguntillas.blogspot.com/