]During the Industrial Revolution, the invention of the water wheel came into great use because it powered pumps, engines, and various other things.  Four types of water wheels  were the Under-shot, Breast-shot, Pitch-back, and Over-shot.  Each of these can generate power to turn, pump, or run a machine.

Question #1:  What was the style?

Josh said the style was originally Pitch back, but it changed to Breast-shot.

Question #2:  Why does your water wheel work?

Nick:  Because our paddles are designed to use the weight of the water to turn.

Question #3:  How is the water wheel able to lift its load?

Nico:  Because our paddle was able to use the weight of the water to turn, and it was able to lift an extra load.

Question #4:  How does the water wheel turn?

Nico:  The water wheel turns by having the water hit our paddles at a 90 degree angle which turns the water wheel.

This is the side view the water wheel that shows the paddles.  The paddles have a huge bucket like dip and that’s what collects the water which is what makes the water wheel turn.

This is the front view of the water wheel showing the CD and the marks of the angles to make it symmetrical and put the popsicle sticks in the right place

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This is my graph that I use to record the data that I collected.  The lower the slope, the better score you get.  The steeper the slope, the worse score that you get.  So obviously, that 45 degree angle line is not a good score.  The lower the slope means least amount of energy lifting the most amount of weight.  In other words, this is called efficiency.