Question 6
During my volunteer work at Cornerstone Ranch and Rescue, I learned that physics could be applied to any aspect of everyday life. This has helped me solidify my understanding of physics and eager to learn more. The realization of how physics is everywhere has sparked my interest to want to learn more physics in order to get a better understanding of how and why the world works the way it does. The property owner related many concepts of horseback riding and ranch work with physics-related ideas so that I could relate them to a science-based mindset. He showed me how using leverage would give me more control over horses that are much stronger than me. We laid down thousands of feet of PVC pipe for water lines to run throughout the property, which included a slope so that we could get adequate pressure at the ends of the pipe. We also did calculations of how much pressure would increase or decrease based on the size of the pipe. These numbers were also based on the cost, so we had to find …show more content…
I enjoy having problems to solve, because of this my family has me solving their problems around the house, or answering questions they have about how things work. My creativity has propelled me in a direction to learn more about how things work so that I can apply my knowledge into creating other newer ways, make inventions or different designs. I enjoy doing this and I believe that this a great mindset to have for an aspiring aerospace or mechanical engineer. Since I was a little kid I have always fueled my creativity by building things out of whatever I could get my hands on. For example, I remember that I had a lot of toy trucks and my mom would yell at me for taking them apart and trying to connect all the motors together to make a faster truck. I was about 5 or 6 then, nowadays my mom gets mad at me for trying to make an electric furnace out of a
During my volunteer work at Cornerstone Ranch and Rescue, I learned that physics could be applied to any aspect of everyday life. This has helped me solidify my understanding of physics and eager to learn more. The realization of how physics is everywhere has sparked my interest to want to learn more physics in order to get a better understanding of how and why the world works the way it does. The property owner related many concepts of horseback riding and ranch work with physics-related ideas so that I could relate them to a science-based mindset. He showed me how using leverage would give me more control over horses that are much stronger than me. We laid down thousands of feet of PVC pipe for water lines to run throughout the property, which included a slope so that we could get adequate pressure at the ends of the pipe. We also did calculations of how much pressure would increase or decrease based on the size of the pipe. These numbers were also based on the cost, so we had to find …show more content…
I enjoy having problems to solve, because of this my family has me solving their problems around the house, or answering questions they have about how things work. My creativity has propelled me in a direction to learn more about how things work so that I can apply my knowledge into creating other newer ways, make inventions or different designs. I enjoy doing this and I believe that this a great mindset to have for an aspiring aerospace or mechanical engineer. Since I was a little kid I have always fueled my creativity by building things out of whatever I could get my hands on. For example, I remember that I had a lot of toy trucks and my mom would yell at me for taking them apart and trying to connect all the motors together to make a faster truck. I was about 5 or 6 then, nowadays my mom gets mad at me for trying to make an electric furnace out of a