1. Tim
Christine
Dan
Team Name
The Bottle Popper
Joanna
Megan

2. Overview
Purpose: To utilize gravitational potential energy to remove the bottle cap.
The device: A series of leaver connected slopes in which a small mass (billiard ball) will transfer the PE to a larger mass (Bowling ball) which in turn will apply a force to the leaver used to pop the cap off.

3. Design/Construction Issues
Device was constructed on a plywood base
Wood was used to create slopes which balls could slide down
Wooden levers were attached to the slopes to transfer the energy of the balls
Flathead screwdriver was used as a bottle opening device
Broken glass

4. Energy Conversions 1st energy conversion 2nd energy conversion
Gravitational Potential of billiard ball converted to kinetic
2nd energy conversion
Kinetic energy transferred into lever
3rd energy conversion
Lever applies force to bottle cap

5. Conclusions Conservation of energy
The device was designed to convert gravitational potential energy into kinetic energy.
Each energy conversion demonstrated how energy must be theoretically conserved in each conversion in order to perform a given mechanical task.
Billiard ball+bowling ball+lever+screwdriver= Flying bottle cap!