Higher and Stronger
1. How does knowing the purpose of your structure change the design?
Knowing the purpose of the structure changes the design as it then is specialized for a certain function
2. Should time limits be a factor in the design process?
Time limits should always be a factor in the design process as almost everything in life has a time constraint
3. How important is the collaboration in the design process?
Collaboration in the design process is not required but helps due to some members having strengths that others don't
4. How strong was your structure?
Our structure was the weakest out of everyone's
5. How were you trying to build your structure to be the tallest?
To build our structure the tallest we made a large base and light body so less support was required
6. What strategies worked and didn't work when building tall?
The strategies that worked was to make it very light with a wide base but using only spaghetti didn't work well we had to use paper
7. How were you trying to build your structure to be the strongest?
We tried to use 3 small structures of triangular pyramids
8. What strategies or techniques worked or didn't work when building strong?
None of our strategies worked as we didn't have a strong base
9. What strategy used by another group did you like the most in this activity?
I liked the technique of using the paper as support
Knowing the purpose of the structure changes the design as it then is specialized for a certain function
2. Should time limits be a factor in the design process?
Time limits should always be a factor in the design process as almost everything in life has a time constraint
3. How important is the collaboration in the design process?
Collaboration in the design process is not required but helps due to some members having strengths that others don't
4. How strong was your structure?
Our structure was the weakest out of everyone's
5. How were you trying to build your structure to be the tallest?
To build our structure the tallest we made a large base and light body so less support was required
6. What strategies worked and didn't work when building tall?
The strategies that worked was to make it very light with a wide base but using only spaghetti didn't work well we had to use paper
7. How were you trying to build your structure to be the strongest?
We tried to use 3 small structures of triangular pyramids
8. What strategies or techniques worked or didn't work when building strong?
None of our strategies worked as we didn't have a strong base
9. What strategy used by another group did you like the most in this activity?
I liked the technique of using the paper as support
Paper cargo plane
1. What was your design process? List how you made your first design, and why.
Our design process was to think of as many possible prototypes and see which one worked the best and we picked the best one and put coin pockets on the wings
2. What changes did you make after you intial test? Why?
we taped the coins to the outside of the plane as the pockets produced drag and made the plane dive
3. What was successful, what wasn't, and why?
taping the coins to the middle worked as the center of mass was more even as opposed to the coins rattling around in a pocket
Our design process was to think of as many possible prototypes and see which one worked the best and we picked the best one and put coin pockets on the wings
2. What changes did you make after you intial test? Why?
we taped the coins to the outside of the plane as the pockets produced drag and made the plane dive
3. What was successful, what wasn't, and why?
taping the coins to the middle worked as the center of mass was more even as opposed to the coins rattling around in a pocket
Catapult
Was excused that day for band performance
Zipline
1. What challenges did you have to adjust for?
At first we came up with a zip line design where the carrier would gently deliver the marble to the target but then we found out only the marble could touch the target
2. How did you design your carrier so that it traveled quickly?
We made the slope of the line steeper if the carrier was travelling too slow but we didn't really encounter that problem as our slope was kind of steep to begin with
3. What strategies did you use to ensure you delivered your "package" on target?
The first strategy we used worked quite well with the stopping mechanism being similar to a normal zipline where there is a part that slows down or stops the carrier and we used some tape that was bigger than the hold in the carrier causing the carrier to tip and drop the marble on the target
4. Where could you apply the skills you used/learned today in your future?
The skills used could be used to create a new way to transfer objects around places at high altitude such as the rocky mountains where a zip line could carry goods around a certain area like a small railway
At first we came up with a zip line design where the carrier would gently deliver the marble to the target but then we found out only the marble could touch the target
2. How did you design your carrier so that it traveled quickly?
We made the slope of the line steeper if the carrier was travelling too slow but we didn't really encounter that problem as our slope was kind of steep to begin with
3. What strategies did you use to ensure you delivered your "package" on target?
The first strategy we used worked quite well with the stopping mechanism being similar to a normal zipline where there is a part that slows down or stops the carrier and we used some tape that was bigger than the hold in the carrier causing the carrier to tip and drop the marble on the target
4. Where could you apply the skills you used/learned today in your future?
The skills used could be used to create a new way to transfer objects around places at high altitude such as the rocky mountains where a zip line could carry goods around a certain area like a small railway