Monday, March 28, 2011

EGG DROP CHALLENGE! Iteration 1

Total # of Achievements Earned: 19
-Create a sketch of one possible solution. Include labels.
-Create a sketch of another possible solution. Include labels.
-Create a sketch of a third possible solution. Include labels.





                                           -Use a decision matrix to justify the approach you chose.



























Material Prep
-Generate a list of materials required for build day.
-Document a plan to ensure materials are brought in on block day.  ( I brought in cotton balls, ziploc bags.  Nick brought baloons and tape)


Build Achievements

Material Size:
-Your materials fit inside a printer paper box
-Your materials fit inside a shoe box (WOULD FIT IN SHOE BOX)

                                                        Material Weight:
-Your materials weigh less than 500 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 300 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 200 grams.
-Your materials weigh less than 150 grams. (OURS WEIGHED 115 g)


Drop Achievements

Drop Accuracy:
-You hit the butcher paper!
-You hit inside the third ring!  (OURS HIT THIRD RING)

Egg Resilience:-Your egg broke but the yolk remained intact.
-Your egg cracked but the yolk stayed inside and intact. (OUR EGG CRACKED BUT YOLK STAYED INSIDE)
Calculation Achievements
-Describe an aspect of the event using arithmetic.    
  •  Our bag without the egg weighed 115 g and the egg itself weighed 55g. So, 115 + 55 = 170 g for the bag and egg.
-Design an Achievement Mr. Olson approves for next year's Egg Drop Challenge.
  • THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE- If the egg drops and survives the first round, drop it from a higher level like from the roof. If survives again, awarded twice the amount of points!!
-Redesign:
  • The target was pretty hard for people to hit, so I think by making more rings it would make it easier to hit.  

2 comments:

  1. You've done a good job again of posting your hand done drawings/write ups so that they're very legible. Good job with that, you're keeping your reader in mind.

    You listed your designs by name in your decision matrix which is great. Are low scores for the designs good or bad?

    That's a great idea for an achievement. Thanks for sharing that. Keep me posted if you have any other ideas.

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  2. For the decision matrix, low scores are better, so for the scores 9,10, and 11, 9 would be the best choice.

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