Emily Oller Kevin Jones Whit Shofner

Matt Brantley Kyle Gilson

Overview of ProjectProcess

Mouse trap sets off weighted car

Car goes down ramp and stops at door

Door sets off dominos that set off 2nd mouse trap

2nd mouse trap releases door to let car finish ramp

Final Design Materials Used

• 2x4 plywood x2

• Pulley

• Mouse trap x2

• Toy Car

• 5 lb weight x2

• Dominos x4 sets

Problems

•Took 4 seconds to pull up

• Truck kept stalling

• Friction in ramp and wheels

Solutions

•Added mouse traps & dominos

• Added 2 five lb weights to car

• Sanded ramp

• Mouse Trap = elastic potential energy kinetic energy

• Car = potential energy kinetic energy

• Dominos = potential energy kinetic energy

•2nd Mouse Trap = elastic potential energy kinetic

energy

• Car = potential energy kinetic energy

What Could be Improved• Find more ways to slow the weight down to equal 10

seconds

• Quicker setup for convenience

Things Learned• Simple is better

• You knock one domino over…you knock all the dominos

over

• We’ve got a looooong way to go in engineering