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Provide as much detail as possible in your report. The report must be typed. All graphs, tables and charts MUST be created Excel or MS Word. No hand drawn table graphs and charts are allowed. Citation must be in MLA Format. The lab reports are due a week before the MESA Day Prelims.  \nLab Report Due Dates:  \nHigh School: February 26, 2023 11:59 p.m.  \nMiddle School: March 5, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.  \nLab Report received after the due date will receive a 25% deduction on the lab report score  \nTEAM MEMBERS NAMES: Catherine Douglas, Jane Doe, John White, Emma Smith  \n| SCHOOL: | UCLA Sample School |\n| --- | --- |\n\nCENTER: UCLA MESA Center  \nMESA PROJECT: Mousetrap Car  \nGRADE: LEVEL (circle one): 6th 7/8th 9/10th 11/12th  \nNote: This example lab report is to be used as a guide to assist you with writing your lab report. The \"Best Practices\", \"Notes\" in this sample lab report are helpful suggestions and should not be included in your final lab report.  \n1. IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM  \nWhat is the challenge being worked on?  \nBest Practice: Write in full sentence. Don’t be hesitant to modify or add to what you write as you progress through the process of completing the project.  \nOct. 16, 2018  \nOur team will create a mousetrap cart compete in the 2019-20 MESA Day Preliminary competition. Our team will build a mouse trap car which is only powered by the lever of the mousetrap. The goal is to have the mousetrap go the farthest distance in the shortest amount of time.  \nOct. 27, 2018  \nBased on the research we have completed , we will test the following criteria to determine how we will build the mousetrap car  \na. Wheel Size  \nb. Lever Length  \nc. Length of Car Body  \nd. Wheel Friction (balloons on or off wheel)\\  \ne. Weight of Mousetrap Car  \nWhat are the limits/constraints?  \nOct. 16, 2018  \nThe challenges the team members anticipate with building the mousetrap car are creating enough power to make the mousetrap car move at top speed.  \nOct. 27, 2018  \nDetermining which type of wheels will be best to allow the mousetrap to move as fast as possible. Should wheels be large or small?  \nOther things we need to consider when building the mousetrap  \na. Weight  \nb. Length  \nc. Length of the lever  \nd. Frictions on wheels  \nHow do you think you can you solve it?  \nOct. 16, 2018  \nThe team will create different prototypes with different, weight, lengths and different size wheels. After building the prototypes, wheel size will be tested for speed, time and distance to determine which will be the final model for the mousetrap car.  \n2. EXPLORE-Find out what others have done (research) . Clearly list at least 5 sources using MLA citation format (web pages, articles, books, etc.) . Identify (cite) and describe each source with one or more sentences.  \nSource \\#1  \nCitation: Thelemarck, C.,“Build a Mousetrap”, Instructables, Autodesk, Inc., 27, Oct. 2019, [https://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Mousetrap-Car/](https://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Mousetrap-Car/)  \nDescription: This site provides step-by-step instructions on how to build a mouse trap car. Additionally, the site provides videos and a materials list.  \nSource \\#2:  \nCitation: “Build A Mousetrap Car”, Home Science Tools, Home Science Tools. 27 Oct. 2018, [https://learning-center.homesciencetools.com/article/build-a-mousetrap-powered-car/](https://learning-center.homesciencetools.com/article/build-a-mousetrap-powered-car/)  \nDescription: This site provides step by step instruction on how to build mousetrap car. The website provides things to think about when building a mousetrap car. Things to consider are wheel-to axle ratio, inertia, and rate of energy and fiction.  \nSource \\#3:  \nCitation: wikiHow Staff,“How to Build a Mousetrap Car”. wikiHow, wikiHow, Inc. 27 Oct. 2 018, [https://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Mousetrap-Car](https://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Mousetrap-Car)  ","cbCaieoSBUQsRWCr","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieoSBUQsRWCr","pdf",754395,12,"English","# Instructions and Submission Requirements\n## Team and Project Information\n## Lab Report Due Dates\n# 1. Identify the Problem\n## Challenge and Goal\n## Planned Variables and Constraints\n## Proposed Approach\n# 2. Explore (Research)\n## Source List with MLA Citations\n# 3. Design (Brainstorm Ideas)\n## Idea #1\n## Idea #2","[{\"question\":\"What are the key submission and formatting requirements for the MESA lab report?\",\"answer\":\"The report must be typed, include MLA-format citations, and all graphs/tables/charts must be created in Excel or MS Word. 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