November+Discoveries+TD

11/3/14

I did a science experiment with paper airplanes. It was from a paper airplane kit from the Guinness world records. I made the planes and tryed them out my control group was a average dull plane nothing special. Once all the planes were done being crated I tested the planes. the first one was a glider it measured at from the point I released it to how far it went. The weather was perfect at this time of morning(8:00am), not windy just cold. It flyed 25 feet. The next plane was a aerodynamic flyer topping off at 32.1 feet. Third and final airplane was a speed flyer. It went a whopping 40 feet! the surprisingly the best out of the three the control group only went 15 feet. My hypothesis was that the aerodynamic one to go the farest

11/11/14

I did yet another experiment this week, but this time with arrows. I asked myself why does an arrow need fins? So I Set up an experiment. My dad cut the fins off one arrows fins off and handed me 2 arrows with fins, he said don't forget the control group, my old but in good shape wooden arrow. the test arrows were very good and light weight carbon fiber shafted arrows with rubber fins. Using practice tips and firing from the same spot for both arrows using a re-curve bow. The experiment was done in the after noon 7:00 and the wind played no factor. the arrow with fins flew with great velocity going 25 feet to the target. I actually got a bulls-eye, just my luck. then I stood at the 25 foot marker and fired the arrow with no fins. The thing didn't go 5 feet until spiraling out of control and hitting the ground the control arrow hit the target. That answered my question and my hypothesis was correct, the arrow with fins would be more accurate. http://www.bestrecurvebowguide.com/youth-bow-and-arrow-sets/

11/17/14

I know a person with a pet tarantula. It was black and orange in color, and commonly found in tropical forests I watched it eat. Unlike most spiders, he ate birds. The owner fed the tarantula birds that were relitivly small. The owner gave it a bird and immedetly it sprung into action after only a miniute. He didn't poisen the bird or anything, just started gobbleing it down with fangs. No webs or toxins just using its approximly halve the size of my pinkie fangs. The owner said that it is a very painful bit for he was bitten by one in particular. He said that it probobly paralizes the bird in pain and then begins to slowly eat the bird. http://a-z-animals.com/animals/red-knee-tarantula/

11/24/14

I went to the zoo and saw a Spider monkey. This one had a habitat the looked like a jumble of slim tree limbs. He had a powerful and gripping tails. They use them to travel tree to tree with ease. they also don't have thumbs.They are located int the tropical forests of the south and span up to Mexico. They have lengthy arms to also help it travel through trees and other terrain they may encounter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffroy%27s_spider_monkey