Week 2 Reflection--Jun Jie

In this week, we have decided to work on the Theme of Champions of the Earth (Saving the Environment). All of us has been assigned a question which we are suppose to research on and talk about it the next IPW lesson.

What I already know about this topic:

Under this topic, I already know that the earth is suffering from Global Warming, which causes the melting of ice caps, causing floods and arctic animals, such as polar bears, to lose their habitats and become endangered. Therefore, we have to find a way to reduce the effect of Global Warming. We have decided to invent a Hydroelectrical power boat, which uses both the concept of kinetic energy and hydroelectricity.

What Questions I want to ask about this topic:

What are the structures of a boat which allows it to float?

How is Hydroelectricity calculated?

How is Hydroelectricity converted to the electricity needed to power the boat?

How does the kinetic energy convert into electricity to jump start the boat?

What materials are used to make the turbines and engine of both the boat and the generator.

What are the subject/skills I can make use of:

I can use the skill of research to know more about the topic. I can also use innovation to think of replacement objects to replace the actual objects used to make an actual life-size boat.

Where can I go to find information for our project:

I can learn more about the subject at the NLB, or the MRL, or even the internet from websites such as wikipedia.org

What do I want to prepare to tell others about out project:

I am required to prepare to tell my team members about the concept of hydroelectricity and how it is being calculated, as well as the amount of electricity we need to power the boat.