Personal Narrative: Making A Mousetrap Car

It was an interesting week to say the least, it was definitely a very slow paced week but it did not feel like it took to long to be over. Which is a good thing. For the whole week we had 2 main projects we worked on. The first one throughout the morning and then the second one during the afternoon. So everyday this week was the exact same but I liked it.

For the first two periods everyday we worked on a physics project, which was making a mouse trap into a race car. It was interesting, on Monday morning no one had any idea of what we would be doing but Mr. Seland went around and out a mouse trap on everyones desk. From that we watched videos on what a mousetrap car was and how to build them, then the rest was up to us. Everyone had to make their own car and though we were allowed to talk with other people we had to make sure we made it ourself. We were also allowed to use the internet which helped me out. I did struggle with this project, I am not usually one that really builds and plays around with things to make cool things. The first car I made I tried something that I seen was completely different from everyone else's but it failed miserably. So on the last two days I looked back online and my car ended up following the guidelines that everyone else did. There are defiantly flaws to it but I am just happy that I got the car to work, for a little bit there I did not think I was going to be able to even build one. If …show more content…
I enjoyed the challenge with the mousetrap car. I am also so exited to see how my movie trailer turns out. Next week is exam break so there is not actual class, then the following week it is exams but again we don't have any exams so there is no class for us. So I will just be working on some things I have to finish and hand in. When classes start again I do feel like it is going to be super busy again but well have to just see how it