Category Archives: HW

During science class on February 27, 2012 as a group we went to the MIT Plasma Center. When we arrived in Cambridge we got to walk around MIT and experience the ‘campus’, which had some really intriguing buildings. When we … Continue reading →

What do you want first? The bad or the good? Lets start with the good, and leave the bad for the end. Nuclear Power has been a very important part of any community for many years, but with this importance … Continue reading →

Global Warming has been an ongoing debate for years now. This debate is very prevalent with celebrities, different groups, and even presidents, or ran for presidency (Al Gore). While saying this, even though some people support global warming there are … Continue reading →

The electricity guy. Tom Vales said time and time again that he loves electricity. Anyone watching his presentation could tell the real love he has for it, and how intrigued he is by it. Vales brought in a lot of … Continue reading →

The solar energy lab that we worked on in class tested the solar energy through our robot We would test the solar energy from different lengths of light and then used different colors to see the how the solar energy … Continue reading →

“Solyndra, a California-based solar panel manufacturer, declared bankruptcy in August 2011 after having received $528 million in federal loan guarantees”(The New York Times, Nov 17, 2011).  Solyndra is a company that has a negative stigma and is part of a huge … Continue reading →

In class for our robotics experiment we made and experimented with a generator. As stated in the generator lab description Fraday’s Law is the changing of magnetic fluxes through coiled wires which generates electricity currents and voltages. Therfore, the more … Continue reading →

The Natural gas hydraulic fracturing or in simpler terms hydrofracking is a controversial issue. As you will see, to some it is an important issue but to others it causes more harm than help. Many may ask what hydrofracking is, … Continue reading →

  As our robot experiment of the day as a class we had to determine mass and velocity and energy using our robots, weights, and a pulley. What we had to learn before going into this experiment is a couple … Continue reading →

The automobile industry has been in our everyday lives for years now, and has been evolving day by day. The 21st century brought a plethora of changes, positive and negative. One negative change that has occurred is the economic downfall … Continue reading →