How Does an Internal Combustion Engine Work?

This week, we are learning about internal combustion engines with hands on a 1967 Jaguar E Class.  These are some of the websites we visited to gain a foundational understanding of engine basics.

1500 × 1125 - blog.hemmings.com 

1967 4.2L Jaguar, 

4 stroke, 

naturally aspirated, 

triple carburator, 

Straight 6

How a Car Engine WorkS



Engine animation





How Car Engines Work on HOW STUFF WORKS

CARBURATORS: Study diagram       

Aerodynamics

AERODYNAMICS

Long road trips can be excellent opportunities for learning.  Besides the endless discussions, questions raised by circumstance, exposure to new places, new territories, the teacher has a captive audience (haha ;).  We talked in depth about distances (math) and fuel usage.  We dealt with an uncooperative roof storage bag which raised question of fuel efficiency.  We passed countless 18 wheelers and felt the wind resistance as we passed.  We also felt the lack of wind resistance when temporarily following behind a semi (drafting).  We had many questions that we explored the answers to below...

Introduction to AERODYNAMICS:  Click Link

WikipediaWikipedia- DRAFTING (aerodynamics) Click link

Why do we care about aerodynamics?

FUEL ECONOMY is one reason to care.
How to Choose a Cargo Box for Your Vehicle 

Efficiency, Competition and Fun is another.
How to Draft on a Bike



NOTE: Drafting with vehicles is DANGEROUS and DO NOT DO IT, here is why>>>>>>
Dangers of Drafting



Car Aerodynamics Basics and How-To Design Tips

Washington State History, Pikes Place Market

Pikes Place Market

by Baron Molo for Washington State History Project Requirement

NOTE::::::This is a work in progress until it is final.

Seattle was booming in the late 1800's and early 1900's with the Gold Rush and many immigrants moving in.  Gold rushers, loggers, fishermen, shipbuilders, farmers and merchants, Japanese and Italian immigrants came to the city.  Pikes Place Market opened August 17, 1907 with just few farmers selling their produce.  Today it is one of the most famous markets in the United States and many tourists visit Pikes Place Market year round.  It is the oldest famers market still in business in the nation.

Pikes Market became one of the best places to shop for food during the Great Depression because they had the least expensive food around.  So in that time of the 1920's and 1930's it grew because lots of people where able to sell things to make money. However, in 1942 the market lost more than half of its farmers who were Japanese, because they were put into immigrant camps during World War II.

Pikes place market used to be the cheapest place to shop for the locals but in 1907 many of the people that sold at the market bought from farmers that sold them the product for very cheap prices and then the sellers shot the prices up and profited more than double what they got it for. They are called wholesalers and were doing what is called price gauging. Price gauging is a way people made extra money and ruined the market. For example, the price of onions went from $.10 to $1.00 a pound!  But the people of the city did not like that so they changed the rules and made the farmers sell direct to the people.

Even now Pikes can be one the most expensive places to shop but despite the higher prices on some things, the merchants do sell the most wonderful fresh produce, fish and flowers. It is known to be one of the most popular tourist spots with over 10 million visitors a year and most of them tourists.  They come because it is historical and fun.

Pikes Market is not just a place to go buy food, it is a place to go have a good time!  Lots of the merchants like to entertain the people and drawing attention to their shop or stand makes them more successful. Such as the fish markets, they interact with the public, they like to shout and throw fish and crabs across the room which can be pretty funny. Others like to hand out samples so that people can taste what they have and hopefully buy it.

1970 was put on the National Register of Historic Places.
1971 Starbucks opens its first coffee shop.

Map of Washington
Seattle is located in the north west corner of the state.  Seattle is located in the Puget Sound and is the capital of the state. Pikes Market sits in the heart of Seattle and has a rich and interesting history.