Solar Powered Cars Science Project
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i am making a solar power car for my science fair project but i don’t know a problem for it can anyone help me
You don’t know a problem for it. In other words, you want to know if there are any problems?
Okay, how BIG or how small is this car going to be? Is it a model less than twelve inches long, or are you going to ride in it?
The size determines the cost of the solar panels and wiring plus the controls. Are you going to computerize a full-size actual vehicle, or will it be a “Radio Shack” mini-model?
You need to give more information, because along with the solar power issue (solar panels, batteries, power-limit-relays, circuit breakers, etc), you also need to consider the frame strength, type of wheels and rolling resistance, the kind and weight and size of the motors, how powerful you want the vehicle (will it circle around in a parking lot or drive up a hill, regardless if it is a miniature or a full-size vehicle?).
If you do anything scientific, you have to use the scientific method to do it. My business administration instructor at San Bernardino Valley College in California, Dr. John Kubota, taught us about IGPODE:
INFORMATION: get as much as you can about everything
GOAL: make an objective from the information
PLAN: make a workable written process and figure out how you are going to achieve your goal
ORGANIZE: get together all of the resources you will need, all of the people you will need, all of the support and information so that you can start, make a list of necessary resources and participants and supporters and contact people to ensure their support
DIRECT: make the actual effort and have a cadry of persons to manage and make decisions
EVALUATE: when you achieve goals, evaluate what you have done to determine workable and unworkable situations and events and processes. Unworkable results can be as informative as workable results, for analysis as to your achievements.
Then, we were told by Dr. Kubota, go right back to IGPODE again for modification or extension of the project and start all over again!
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