During the class demonstration of the enigma box i observed that the enigma box is a shiny black rectangular box with two holes at the top and a tube hanging out of the bottom. As she started to pour more and more water into the holes at the top it started to drip from the bottom. After 450 m it just spurted out of the bottom.
What i think the inside of the enigma box looks like is just a whole bunch of tubes leading to a box with a door that opens when all the water presses down against it.
The skills scientist use in figuring out stuff are observing, inferring, pridicting, classifing, and making models. When i was studding the enigma box i used these skills. I observed what happened when she poured the water into the enigma box. Then i had to take notes on what i observed and interpreting them. After that i predicted what was going on in the enigma box and how it worked. Finnaly when she told us how it worked i made a model of it so i knew how it worked.
What happened in the enigma box was there was a tube looped up and when she poured the water in the box the water rose and rose intell it was at its highest piont. The air in the top pressed the water down when it started to drain so it made it faster.
Friday, August 29, 2008
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