Patricia Dossey Mike Higgins Daniel Jeffries William Maningas The CMS Patricia Dossey Mike Higgins Daniel Jeffries William Maningas

Description of The CMS A mouse trap is tied to a lever which knocks down a weight and when set off sets a ball into motion. Ball falls down a series of platforms and at the bottom hits dominos that set off another mouse trap. The series of events is then repeated on the other side

Energy Conversions Force of the spring in both mouse traps Gravitational potential energy of both the weights Gravitational potential energy of the marble rolling down the ramps Conservation of momentum of the dominos at the bottom of the ramp

Design Issues Overall cost was about $20 The Time limit of 10 seconds gave us a bunch of problems Bag of weights were very hard to balance on levers Ball didn’t hit the dominos when it came down. Mouse traps hurt.

Conclusions Fun to build, however troubleshooting, not so fun Great way to see Engineering concepts in action 10 seconds was the hardest requirement to follow Mike’s really funny when he gets frustrated.