Feb 22
Today’s Agenda:
Planner - VTAM, pg. 7-8 and Graph #1 due today
Excel-Graph #2 due at end of pd.
apply new skills to page 13 or 14 of Vtam book
Blog-comment to the topic below
Progressfolio-gather evidence
My VTAM experience was…because..
February 22nd, 2008 at 8:53 am
My VTAM experience was very exciting. It was really fun and educationable in both building and trebuchets. The project was hard but it was worth all the information I got on trebuchets.
February 22nd, 2008 at 8:55 am
My VTAM experience was fun because I like to build things and I learned about new things. I had fun working with other people and building a catapult.
February 22nd, 2008 at 8:56 am
My VTAM experience was very knowledgeable, because i learned about catapults, and i improved my measurment skills. I also had fun while building the catapult, and while doing the trials. Before i never used to know anything about catapults, and now i do. I also improved my skills with a ruler.
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:00 am
My VTAM experience was fun because I liked that we made weapons back in the Medeval time and we got to fire it. It was also fun because it was mini and we fired little clay balls. It was educational so, I learned about how catapults came into a widespread usage in Europe. I also learned that this experience involved science, math and social studies. In the book it had math problems and it involved sciece because we had to calculate speed, velocity and it was also one of Newtonʻ s three laws.I learned about projectiles and other words for catapult like trebuchet.
February 22nd, 2008 at 9:01 am
My Vtam experience was good because I learned alot about the catapult and how it works and I even got to make one to and fired a projectile with the masses of1,3,5, and 7 grams. It was also good because I had fun working on this project. The funniest part of the whole project was when me and my group put on 4 rubber bands and the projectile went super far.
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:19 am
My VTAM experience was different from all the other VTAM experiences because in this period we had science, math, and soc.studies all in one. Also in this experience I had a good time (I guess) because, I’m catching on with finding averages and learning new things.
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:20 am
My VTAM expirience was good because I got to learn how to make catepults and how you use a catepult. Also I learned how to measure the distance and how to fire a catepult. It was fun! My group also had fun fireing the projectiles high into the air. It was fun to see how far the 1gram went because it went very,very far.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:26 pm
My VTAM experience was fun and educational!!! It was fun because we got to make a trebuchet and got to fire it. It was educational because we got to learn about the projectile. When we did the experiment Time to Lauch i got to change the projectile.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:28 pm
My VTAM experience was fun because I got to make projectiles out of clay. I also got to make a miniature catapult. We also got to put grams in bags and watch how far the bag stretches. Then we measured it witha ruler.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:29 pm
My VTAM experience was good because I finished our project in time, we did our test. The VTAM was fun because we got to shoot clay balls on not as big but still powerful mikni catapults. Our Vtam was awsome because our teacher Mr. Chow made it a fun experience and teaches us how to use the tools correct.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:30 pm
The thing I liked best about going to the VTAM lab was being able to make a trebuchet/catapult. It was something I had never done before and It was also really fun. I learned thatb the more tension there is the more the power level increases. If I could do it again I would want to try to get our data quicker and not play around as much. I would also want to try and prevent us from breaking things like we accidently did during class.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:31 pm
I had a real great time in the V-TAM lab. Although we inly got to stay there for to days it was still fun. I enjoyed launching the clay balls the best. I liked how far it would go. I thought that this war really fun. I wish we could do this again!
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:33 pm
My VTAM experience great because, I learned about how the size of the projectile clay matters. The smaller the mass the easyer and farther the projectile will go, I also enjoyed being able to launch the catapults, the way the catapult fires is really cool and yet interesting.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:35 pm
My V.T.A.M. experience was fun because I got to build a catapult and then I had to shoot it and mark were it landed. Then later I had to make a graph about the data using excel. So I got to do a lot of fun stuff.,
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:36 pm
My Vtam experience was good because we finished the Vtam project with all of are measurements , diagrams and charts.Vtam was fun because we learned how trebuchets work and how far the projectile will fly depending on it’s mass like 1 gram, 3 gram, 5 gram,and 7 gram.I think that because the 1 gram balls mass is so small it’s air resistance holds it up for a longer period of time.I think on the 2nd trial the 5 gram ball flew farther then the 7 gram because maybe it fired wrong , measured wrong or that we spotted the wrong spot.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:37 pm
The thing that I liked best about VTAM is when we got to construct the catapult and launching the catapult. I learned how to use a graph to show information. I also relearned how to find the mean of numbers. One flaw during VTAM was that we had very little time in VTAM.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:42 pm
My VTAM experience was very fun. It was fun because when I where working with my group members we where working together very well. The time was very short though. I didn’t like that it was that short. If it was Longer we could’ve took more time on building the catapult.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:47 pm
My VTAM expirience was good because I got to learn how to make a miniature Catapult. I also learned some facts about how the catapult was used. Like in wars when one of the groups would use the catapult to knock down the castle. The best part of this project is when we got to launch clay on catapult. The hard part was mmarking where the clay first landed. But this project was fun.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:56 pm
My experience was educational and diffucult . I learned about catapults, elasticity, mean, measuring, averages, weighing and projectiles. Although I had a diffucult time working with my group, when we got it together and we started being a group, it was much better. Overall it was a great experience and I learned a lot.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:56 pm
My experience was really good in social studies but it was hard because I had to do the measuring, avereging and many more. The thing that I liked was the building of the catapult. It was really fun working with Kaua, Cashman, and Ezra. Kaua and I was building the catapult and it came out pretty good. It was really fun when we worked together to make this catapult work. I learned alot.
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:58 pm
My VTAM experience was ok because we did get some work done. I think that our group was ok but some times we would go off. I think that we should do this again.
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
My VTAM experiance was very fun because we got to make and then fly with the catapult. I think that the worse thing in VTAM was getting that OOPS MISSING stamp. I also think that watching that video was fun. That was how my VTAM experience was!
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:04 pm
this vtam expierience was different, because i haven’t had a clear history about catapults or siege machines before this project. i didn’t know that catapults were created to attack castle’s and to improve the technology of war.
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:12 pm
My VTAM experince was fun and confusing. The fun part was launching the catapult the cunfusing part was when writing down the information. Each time I tried to record my information in my book something wasn’tm right. The person who was labeling my trials didn’t do it correct. Thats why when I graphed my trails it was not correct.
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:13 pm
My VTAM experience was awesome because I got to punch out wood pieces.Also I got to use a catapult.Also I got to glue the pieces of the catapult together.
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:14 pm
My VTAM experience was fun and I really enjoyed building and using the catapults. I thought that our group could have worked together more. I loved launching the projectiles and it was super fun watching and recording the projectiles distance. I could have not been so bossy and listened to my group members before I spoke.
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:50 pm
One thing I liked about this project is the part were we got to catapult the clay balls to find how many inches and centimeters it went. Somthing I can do better on the next time is write down and get our information faster. One thing I learned was that the more there is in mass the smaller the distance of the ball will go.
February 22nd, 2008 at 2:56 pm
My VTAM experiencce was good because it was fun making the catapult and shooting it. The part that I liked was when we shot the catapults. I liked when we shot it with the two rubberbands because it went super far.
February 24th, 2008 at 11:32 am
My VTAM experience was a very educating and new experience. I learned lots about the development of catapults by researching about different events and making our own mini catapult. It was a new experience because I had never looked at catapults and the elasticity of rubber bands so throughly with experimenting and such. Basically, this VTAM experience was the best to learn about Siege Machines!
February 25th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
My VTAM expirement was fun and educational. It was fun because I got to make a catapult. It was educational because I learned about catapults and I practiced my measuring.
February 25th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
My VTAM experience was very fun because we got to work with different people and we also got to build a catapult. somethimg that i was kind of happy about was that we didnt need to cut any wood out all we needed to do was punch out all of the pieces and glue them together.I learned lots of things about siege machines and how they work. MY VTAM EXPERIENCE WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 25th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
My experience was great because my group was really cool and my catapult worked really well. I love to build things and I like to work as a team. I learned a lot too! For example, I learned how to make a catapult and about how much difference it makes to have more than one rubber band or a little heavier projectile. So overall my experence was the best!
February 25th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
My VTAM experience was really exciting and fun. I was able to find information and history about catapults and the different things they were used for. Also i was able to improve on my measuring skills.
February 25th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
My experience in the VTAM lab was a learning experience for me. This was a learning experience because the activity I did was not something I had done before.I felt I and my partners al participated equally. I and my partners didn’t have any trouble with measuring or calculating the result . I would enjoy coming back any time and doing a second activity. I really wish we could ahve had a longer time in the VTAM lab because we only had a couple of days. At first I didn’t think we were going to do waht we actually did. I had thought we were actually going to spend more time buliding the catapults not just popping out the pieces but yet I really enjoyed.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:35 am
My VTAM experience was awesome because I learn how to make a mini catapult. I also really liked lauching the projectiles it was fun. Even though we didn’t always get the markings correct. I also enjoy spending time with the people on my table. I also like learn about Siege Machine cause I like learning about history.
Over all it was a awesome experience
February 28th, 2008 at 8:37 am
My VTAM experience was good because my group worked very well together. Also it was very fun cause we got to build a catapult and fly things threw the air with it. We also saw what a difference it makes by using a different size ball. The size we used is a 3-gram ball, a 5-gram ball, and a 7-gram ball. Also the difference it makes by using two rubber bands and one. Even when you change the release angle it makes a difference. So over all it was very fun and educational.
February 28th, 2008 at 11:21 am
My VTAM time was okay because I like to build things and fire things. What dissapointed me was that we couldn’t make our own catipults. It was fun to see something we make actualy work.
March 2nd, 2008 at 8:20 pm
The VTAM experience of building a catapult out of wooden material that resembled popsicle sticks was pretty fun. Our group followed the instructions of how to construct a catapult and put it together using super glue and a rubber band. It was only about the size of my hand but it seemed pretty sturdy. The rubber band added tension to the firearm on the catapult. We fired a one gram projectile, a 3, 5 and a 7 projectile–our experiment was a success!
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:47 pm
My excperience at the VTAM lab was pretty fun and educational because we constructed a miniture catapult that could fit in your hand. The catapult was made out of a certain material that felt and look like popsickle sticks. We used super glue and a rubber band to succeed in the making of a Jr.Catapult. The rubber band caused tension on the firearm so that the catapult could fire projectiles different lenghts.The makers of the catapult were Makoa, Kahali’i, Acaica and me Kapono. Our catapult was a success.
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:14 pm
My V-tam experience was awsome because making the catapults was fun and it was a life learning experience. Also because not all people get to make catapults. Making the wooden catapult with rubberband to be the catapults power source was fun. You needed to follow the direction to make the catapult correctly so when you fly the projctile it will go far and it is correctly made. In my group I was helping to make the catapult and it was strees full becase when you mess it up you need to find what messed up and can you fix it, also your group gets all made at you. So the experience I had was a great one I would do it all over again.
March 4th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
My Vtam lab experience was fun even the part when we got to make the catapults. It was also fun when we got to play with the catapult and use the clays balls but we also had to learn and record data in our Vtam booklet whitch was okay. but I had fun but the handle of the catapult broke. But our catapult was a SUCCES.
March 5th, 2008 at 11:23 am
My VTAM lab experience was very fun because I got to learn how to build new things like a catapult and I also got learn how the catapult works. It was great to get to know and work with my classmates more too! The best part was to launch the clay ball and see how far it goes! But the hardest/longest part was when we had to do the measurements of the launch. But since we worked together and took our time, we finally suceeded! After all everyone had a blast!
Thank-you Mrs.Kaawaloa, Mr.Chaos, and Mrs.Supe for letting us have this exciting experience!
March 7th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
My vtam experience was fun, because i got to see how the weight effects the distance an object goes. i learned that the heavier the weight is, the less far it will go. the lighter the weight is, the farther the object will go. The best part was when we got to launch the clay. the worst part was that we had to do homework in the booklet. i was not too consistant about doing pages daily. but, now i know that if you do not do the work, then it will effect your grade………alot! i also liked to measure the distance of the clay ball, because before i did not know how to measure things, but now i do!
March 10th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
My VTAM experience was really great. I loved working with other people in my group especially Kalai because both of us work really great together. I hope we can work together again in the future. The best part of this project was when we fierd our catapults. I was suprised when we shot the first clay ball(projectile), because I didn’t think the projectile was going to shoot that far. I really wish we had more opportunities to work in VTAM because this will be one of the classes to remember!
March 11th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
My VTAM expiriance was kind of fun but i was only there part of the time in my opinion VTAM is cool because putting the cattipult together was really fun.
i liked when we got to fly the progectiles. it was funnie because at first our group had the rubber band on backwards!
March 12th, 2008 at 10:45 am
My Vtam experience wa really great.it was that it was really short. But it was the best we made siege machines. and was awsome when we shot the siege machines. it was intersting that it was made out of clay(projectile) and we had idea what the war look like in the midevel sieges.and this exerience will be remerbered forever.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:47 am
My VTAM expiriance was vary fun. Not only did I get to build my catapult but I also got to fire it to see how far the projectile went. My favorite thing about doing my catapult project was that we got to watch a video on the trebuchet and we got to see how they are made. They also got to fire at a castle wall to see if they could bring it down.
March 13th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
My VTAM experience was very, exciting, I learned how to improve my mesuring skills, and how to build a catapult.
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:08 pm
My Vtam experience was great because I never made a catapult before. It gave me time to improve on my math and i loved it. I hope we do something like this again next year. Also with my measuring and our catapult shot a clay ball super far it was amazing ours would go off the paper and it was very fun. So that was a big ball of fun and I hope we do this again. I took only one day to build and i had fun with my group.
April 7th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
My VTAM expierience was great because I learned alot about Alexander the Great and alot of information about catapults. When I did the VTAM I felt like I was going to fail but I didnt and it was very good because my partners helped me and Mr.Chow helped me. It was really great and I loved it.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:42 am
My VTAM expierience was good because I learned about different stragies with the catapult. I thought that firing it was the best part. Probably making the balls was hard because you have to get the exact weight to fire correctly. Overall it was fun. =p