course_planning:183_projects:f18_project_1 [Projects & Practices in Physics]

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====== Project 1: Part A: Zevo toy boats======

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You are a group of scientists working for Zevo™ Toy Company a subsidiary of the Carver Media Group. A mysteriously large shipment of discontinued toy boats (which can neither turn nor change speed) has been delivered to Zevo for a classified project. The manuals for the boats have been long lost which is problematic as you have been tasked with determining the speed of these boats as they are going to be shipped out soon as part of the project EverReady. At your disposal, you have a handful of toy boats, a uniformly flowing river of width $W=20\,{\rm m}$ with unknown speed, and your trusty stopwatch.

While you are at the river, you are approached by an anonymous environmentalist group who have asked you if you can figure out the speed of the river for them. You are environmentally conscious and decide to help the group out.

[[:183_notes:learning goals:week 1|Learning Goals Week 1]]


====== Project 1: Part B: Voyager collision course ====== 

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Your team reached a clearing and has been airlifted out of hostile territory and transported to ground control for Voyager 1.  An asteroid has been identified whose movement may put it on a collision course with the satellite.  NASA has tasked your team with creating an accurate visual simulation of the motion of the asteroid and satellite **relative to ground control** and to produce a graph of the separation distance of voyager and asteroid as a function of time.  Voyagers probes can provide information about the asteroid.  We need your help to ensure Voyager’s 36 year mission does not come to an end. 

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