Spread of House Fires

Team: 96

School: Melrose

Area of Science: chemistry

Interim: Team Number: 096
School Name: Melrose High School
Area of Science: Chemistry
Project Title: Spread of House Fires

Problem Definition: This year our team is going to create a model of the spread of fire in a modern home in America. Our plan is to show how superabsorbent polymers, or SAB hydro gels, create a thin insulation on the inside of bricks to create a safer, less flammable home to live in for people. We will start by modeling the time of the home’s burning without superabsorbent polymers and how their burn rate is higher by huge amounts than the homes with the hydro gel protecting them. We will include the estimated times and rates indicate by this model and provide date and examples of the burn rate. Other variables included will be building materials, house size, and environmental conditions.

Plan: We will use Star Logo TNG to make our model. Additional research will be done on the internet, and using local references.

Progress: We have planned out and researched how fires spread. We will use existing StarLogo programming code which we have found from prior projects to help us model the fires actions. We are presently working on house plans for our model. We now have to concentrate our efforts on changing the fire spread based upon.


Results expected:


Citations: http://www.wikipedia.com
http://www.redcross.org
http://www.firesafety.gov
Holt Physics Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1999
World of Chemistry Houghton Mifflin Company 2006


Team Members: Delaney Kimberly, Andrea Lueras, Brooke Partain, Kaleb Bromme
Sponsoring Teacher: Mr. Daugherty , Mrs. Raulie
 

Team Members:

  Kaleb Broom
  Brooke Lavender
  Andrea Lueras
  Mark Hughes
  Delaney Kimberly

Sponsoring Teacher: Alan Daugherty

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