Philadelphia Science Festival

Clark Park Science Discovery Day 

April 29, 2012

The Clark Park Science Discovery Day is an event part of the Philadelphia Science Festival dedicated to introducing young students to a the world of science. At this event, there were more than 20 different hands on activities for students. This group found this event to be a great opportunity to test the general design of the Sea Perch and demonstrate its capabilities to the young scientists of the community.

Results from Testing:

 After testing the SeaPerch, it was found that the third motor, which sends the sub in an vertical direction was defective. What this means for the group is that the project has been setback because the group is unable to get accurate data that could be used in comparing the initial design to final. At this point, the group has to decide how this problem is going to be fixed and steps that are to be taken to accomplish this task.