Boat Races

Well, for the look of the boat that my partner brought in, I honestly thought my boat would do better. I wasn't going for the win, and the boat made it, so I guess that is al that matters. The first time around our little sail boat kept getting stuck on the side so it wasn't moving fast. At one time, it stopped completely and went backwards. It was funny, but I was scared that it wouldn't finish. the second time I put little toothpicks in the side of it to keep it from hitting the side, and it went at a solid time of 45 seconds. Hey, I'll take it.

Here the boat that I named the struggle boat. Hope everyone else's went well.

The Making of Biodiesel

Heyo friends, The next step in our biodiesel unit was to make our biodiesel for our boat races later next week. It was pretty cool, we got to boil some stuff and then do a cool viscosity test on some other liquids. I hope that my partner and I's biodiesel turns out okay, because I would really like to end this year on a high note for chemistry.

Some links about biodiesel and the effects of petroleum on the Earth:

Climate Change!

Info

A Website with some cool stuff

More Stuff

Yay! Stuff

This one shows a bit of the other side! Have Fun!

Biodiesel Viedo

I am going to tell you a secret. I have gym class before chem(ha ha, funny but not the secret), and because I change quickly that say, my shirt was on inside out when we filmed. Also, you totally can;t tell so I was very lucky. So my complete dorkiness aside, the video went well. As can be expected, it is embarrassing, but it will get the job done. Now on to the lab and put put boat section of this unit. Wish me luck.