Buggy Lab Reflection

Buggy Lab Reflection Blog Prompt:

   
    1. Reflect on your design section.  What did you do well?  What do you need to improve next time?

      The biggest thing that should be fixed in order to improve the data collected in this lab is the curved path of the buggy. In the future the buggy could placed up against the wall to keep the buggy driving in a straight line. We did a good job with the number of IV levels, the number of trials in each IV levels, and listing the controls. 

    2. Reflect on your data collection and processing section. What did you do well?  What do you need to improve next time?

    However, our data collection procedure was good in that the times were similar within each trial.  Due to this high precision, we had low uncertainty in the times (on the x-axis.) The uncertainty in the y-axis was calculated well because I first calculated the simple uncertainty, then accounted for the buggy's curved path of travel. 

    3. Reflect on your conclusion.  What did you do well?  What do you need to improve next time?

      

        I did a good job with the conclusion. First, I explained the mathematical relationship between the time and the distance traveled well. However, for the next time the min. and max. lines should be calculated to prove that the y-intercept could be O (because there should not be a y-intercept in this lab- at 0 seconds the buggy has traveled 0 centimeters.)

   

    4. Do you think revising after the feedback session in class improved your lab report?

        Yes, the feedback session helped catch little mistakes that I did not originally catch. However, I do not believe that anyone in our class has a good enough grasp on how the reports should be formatted yet to make any big corrections.

    5. Was the turnitin feedback helpful?  If so, what should Mrs. Weidman keep doing.  If not, what would be more helpful?

Yes, it was helpful! I like how the comments were right on top of the part of the lab in question- so there is no confusion in what you are concerned about.