Egg+Drop

// a. Identify the Problem: // 1. Identify the Problem: We need to protect an egg with nothing but 60 straws and hot glue. // b. Develop the Design Brief: // 2. Research, and find designs that would work for your egg drop. 3. How do you know that these resources are trustworthy? These resources trustworthy cause they are listing instructions and showing pictures. 4. Explain why not all Internet sources are trustworthy? They say the won and they say its durable but we can't really know. // c. Formulate a Design Specification // 5. List all the requirements you must meet to create the egg drop: =Requirements: = 6. Why is it important to test your egg drop before the final “drop”? so we can see which side is heavier. 7. How does making an egg drop apply to a real world situation? It shows you how hard it is to engineer something with limited material and a given goal. // a. Design a Product or Solution: // 8. Create three completely different designs using the Brainstorming Chart. [|IB Brainstorming Chart .pdf] // b. Plan a Product or Solution: // 9. Which design do you think will work best? the one where we make a ball with the egg in the middle. 10. Why did you choose this design? it seemed like it would work. 11. On the back of your brainstorming paper, draw your final draft. 12. Plan how you will get the entire project finished by May 11. (I will help you with this step!) // a. Use Appropriate Techniques and Equipment: // 13. List three safety tips you need to follow to while creating your egg drop: Don't burn yourself, don't cut yourself, don't poke your eye with a straw. 14. Were you nice, respective, responsible, and did you have a good attitude? Explain: yes, we respected the equipment and were using it responsibly. My attitude on this was positive and easy going. // b. Follow the Plan: // 15. Did you follow your plan? yes 16. Did you create steps in your plan that were easy to follow? not specific enough 17. Did you follow my requirements? yes // c. Create the Product/Solution: // 18. What areas of your plan needed troubleshooting? the amount of straws and glue, and how short the straws needed to be // a. Evaluate the Product/Solution: // 19. Was your design successful? kindish. 20. How could you improve your solution? make the latch stronger and make the straws at the end longer. 21. What part of your design would you use again? the shape and idea // b. Evaluate the Use of the Design Cycle: // 22. How the Design Cycle be used in other subject areas? when you face a problem the design cycle will help you find a solution 23. How can the Design Cycle be used in real world situations? (List three) engineering, solving a crimes, and working with limited resources and supplies 24. Were you nice? yes 25. Were you respectful to everyone in the class and all the equipment in the classroom? yes 26. Were you a whiny-baby? no. 27. On a scale of 1 - 6, give yourself a grade for your attitude 5
 * THE DESIGN CYCLE **** EGG DROP DESIGN FOLDER **
 * STEP 1: INVESTIGATE **
 * 1) Using the Design Cycle, create an "egg pod" that will save an egg from a 15 foot drop.
 * 2) You will have 60 straws to complete this assignment.
 * 3) You will have a few (5 - 7) glue sticks to complete this project.
 * 4) You will not receive your egg until we are outside the day we drop the eggs.
 * 5) You will not have any glue the day we drop the eggs.
 * 6) Create a new page on your wiki and name it "Egg Drop" - your entire Design Folder should be posted on this page. Copy and paste the Design Folder onto your new page.
 * STEP 2: PLAN **
 * STEP 3: CREATE **
 * STEP 4: EVALUATE **
 * ATTITUDE **