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My aim is to find out what the best design is for a water wheel. The factors that will affect what happens in my investigation are; Surface area of the blades, which are on the wheelSize of those bladesAmount of water used  

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Science Coursework My aim is to find out what the best design is for a water wheel. The factors that will affect what happens in my investigation are; Surface area of the blades, which are on the wheel Size of those blades Amount of water used Size of the water wheel. Weight of the water wheel Height that the water is poured from In order to make is a fair test, I will only change one factor while keeping all the others the same. The factor that I will vary is the amount of water (ml) I pour onto the water wheel. This then will cause the string on the wheel to be wined up quickly. I think that what will happen is that the greater the amount of water poured on the wheel, the faster the wheel will rotate. I think this because the greater the mass of water, the greater...

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