for our project, me and my group decided to focus on what many of the groups were also doing, earthquakes.
for this project, there were not many concepts we had to work on, but ther was one central concept: the engineering design cycle
the engineering design cycle has 6 steps:
we brought out a shake table and began testing materials such as wood and magnets.
we eventually decided to put weights on the bottom, which were housed in a half tennis ball. while many things did change in our project the eights in the tennis ball were the only thing that stayed constant and were kept.
our design got pretty unconventional. we were using 7 giant wedges with strings holding up our building. the finished project is below.
for this project, there were not many concepts we had to work on, but ther was one central concept: the engineering design cycle
the engineering design cycle has 6 steps:
- state the problem
- generate ideas
- select solution
- build the item
we brought out a shake table and began testing materials such as wood and magnets.
we eventually decided to put weights on the bottom, which were housed in a half tennis ball. while many things did change in our project the eights in the tennis ball were the only thing that stayed constant and were kept.
our design got pretty unconventional. we were using 7 giant wedges with strings holding up our building. the finished project is below.
for our presentation we made a very informative slideshow. the slideshow is below if needed to be viewed.
while our project did come out very nicely and cleanly, it was extremely unconventional. we also took quite a lot of time to come up with our idea which was extremely inconvenient.
during our project we had many peaks and pits. while we did finish with a fairly solid idea that did not in fact work very well.
we were also not good at voicing our concerns with each other, but we were yelling most of the time.
we did make a good presentation, in my opinion.
lastly, i think we worked hard as a group
during this project i learned that i need to communicate better and manage my time more efficiently. i know now that need to better myself for whatever group I'm in next for my group and myself. it will be difficult but it will lead to success in later projects.
during our project we had many peaks and pits. while we did finish with a fairly solid idea that did not in fact work very well.
we were also not good at voicing our concerns with each other, but we were yelling most of the time.
we did make a good presentation, in my opinion.
lastly, i think we worked hard as a group
during this project i learned that i need to communicate better and manage my time more efficiently. i know now that need to better myself for whatever group I'm in next for my group and myself. it will be difficult but it will lead to success in later projects.