Topic > Bungee Barbie - 788

Barbie has many different career paths, but does she bungee jump? Well, in Mrs. Hahn's class, yes. Mrs. Hahn's class experimented to find the right amount of rubber bands to stretch Barbie without her "dying" if she didn't go very far. This paper will discuss the description of the design and choices, a justification for the model, a description of the outcome, an explanation of the outcome, and the final analysis. We made many important decisions during the Bungee Barbie project. For example, we chose to use tape to measure the quad instead of getting an estimate with the tape measure. If we had not decided this, our calculations of the results would be very inaccurate and would lead to Barbie going too far or not far enough. Next, we found out how many rubber bands were needed using the calculator equation. Our group took Barbie's height, added the inches we wanted off the ground, subtracted that amount from the quad height, and plugged that number into the equation for the "y" value. Making the correct mathematical choices greatly influenced our outcome; if we hadn't reconsidered our work our Barbie wouldn't have gotten very far. Additionally, our group modified our version of the trendline because when we examined it, we found that it did not meet the requirements for a good trendline. Additionally, we stretched the rubber bands before the final drop. Our group wanted to make it a little longer without the worry of another rubber band; therefore, we received the desired results. Furthermore, to achieve this we had to identify our strengths and weaknesses to decide who fit into which part of the project. In other words, if we hadn't assigned the correct positions to the correct people, Barbie may not have gotten as far as she did in the final...... middle of paper ...... example, we worked together efficiently , we did the math and our ensemble managed to get Barbie to fall where we wanted. However, if we were to do it again, one of the changes we would make would be to choose a lighter Barbie (our original “headless” Barbie) because then we would have more confidence in placing nineteen rubber bands instead of eighteen. Likewise, Barbie's weight and height affected our result because her height would change the equation and the number of rubber bands we need. Likewise, weight has the same effect; if Barbie weighed more we would have fewer elastics and vice versa. Barbie's final straw revealed that eighteen rubber bands would get her to her destination. This essay reviews a description of the design and choices, a justification for the model, a description of the outcome, an explanation of the outcome, and a final analysis.