For this assignment we will be using Google
Docs, Slides, and Drawing to explain the principles
and laws behind the concept of a Cartesian
Diver.
The Cartesian Diver experiment is important
because it demonstrates Archimedes’ Principle,
Boyle’s Law, and Pascal’s Law.
The Cartesian Diver experiment helps us learn
about these principles and laws in a way that
is much more fun than just listening to a
lecture.
We will be making our own  divers
together in class once you have completed
the steps that I will outline in this video.
This assignment will also give you the opportunity
to work with some new technologies.
I hope that using these technologies makes
this assignment more appealing to you.
To begin this assignment, you are going to
research the principles and laws demonstrated
by this experiment - Archimedes’ Principle,
Boyle’s Law, and Pascal’s Law.
Here is a hint: Archimedes’ Principle deals
with buoyant force, Boyle’s Law deals with
the relationship between pressure and volume
of a gas, and Pascal’s Law deals with a
change in pressure.
You will need to determine which sources you
would like to use to to find information about
these.
You will then research what exactly a Cartesian
Diver is.
You will find the components of it, how it
is made, and how it works.
Once you have finished the research portion
of this assignment, you get to start the steps
that use technology.
Google slides is a program that works like
powerpoint.
The nice thing about Google Slides is that
it saves automatically, and you can work on
it anywhere as long as you have internet access.
You will use Google Slides to create a presentation
that explains each of the principles and laws
that you have researched.
This presentation can be as long or as short
as you would like, as long as you describe
these three ideas adequately.
One slide per principle is fine, or you could
do more if you would like.
The Google Slides presentation will not include
information on the Cartesian Diver - that
will be covered using a different technology.
To display what you have learned about the
Cartesian Diver, you will use Google Drawing.
Google Drawing is another google tool which
allows you to construct diagrams, or anything
that you would like.
On Google Drawing, you will construct a model
of a Cartesian Diver.
You will label the different parts of the
diver, and show how the diver reacts when
it is squeezed, or left alone.
Two models of the Cartesian Diver will be
created on Google Drawing - one when the Diver
is sinking, and one when it is floating.
Google Docs is comparable to microsoft word.
This is nice because like in slides, you can
work on your document anywhere there is internet
access and it saves automatically.
In order to show what you have learned about
making a Cartesian Diver, you will create
a Google Doc.
In this Google Doc, you will act as the expert.
You will write instructions on how to create
a Cartesian Diver.
You want these directions to be detailed enough
that someone who has never heard of a Cartesian
Diver could follow your instructions and successfully
create one.
Once you have completed these 4 steps - doing
research, creating a Google Slides presentation,
constructing a model in Google Drawing, and
writing instructions in a Google doc - we
will move to the next step in the experiment.
As a class, we will work through building
a Cartesian Diver.
Each of you will build your own diver.
My hope is that by doing research and using
different technologies, you will learn about
Archimedes’ Principle, Boyle’s Law, and
Pascal’s Law in a fun, interesting way.
Also, by building your own diver, the ideas
of these principles and laws will be reinforced
in a hands on way, instead of just reading
or talking about them.
Thanks for watching and good luck on your
research!
