Egg+Drop

// a. Identify the Problem: // 1. Identify the Problem: Bradfield's going to murder an egg // 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? It may have been written by people with experience 4. Explain why not all Internet sources are trustworthy? It may not have been written by people with experiece // c. Formulate a Design Specification // 5. List all the requirements you must meet to create the egg drop:
 * 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.

6. Why is it important to test your egg drop before the final “drop”? So you can tell which way it will fall, and if it has any flaws 7. How does making an egg drop apply to a real world situation? Farmer Brown just purchased a helicopter and needs a way to deliver eggs to people without damaging the product, but he only has 60 straws and 5-7 glue sticks per delivery. This is when the egg drop would apply. Also, it applies to many engineering jobs. // 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? Two dodecahedrons nested together with the egg inside. 10. Why did you choose this design? Because it was thought to be the strongest design. 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: //
 * STEP 2: PLAN **
 * STEP 3: CREATE **

13. List three safety tips you need to follow to while creating your egg drop: Always take caution, respect others, don't be afraid to ask
==== 14. Were you nice, respective, responsible, and did you have a good attitude? Explain: Yes- we were never grumpy at any given time, and we tried our best to be like the characteristics mentioned above, and I think that worked out quite well. ====

18. What areas of your plan needed troubleshooting? The fact that a square has lots of impact points that would jeopardize the contraption.
// // a. Evaluate the Product/Solution: // // // 19. Was your design successful? No. 20. How could you improve your solution? Make sure the egg doesn't slip through. 21. What part of your design would you use again ? Overall concept of layering to increase resistance to damage // b. Evaluate the Use of the Design Cycle: // 25. Grade yourself, using the IB Rubric, for each stage of the Design Cycle. Get the rubric from me. 26. How can the Design Cycle be used in other subject areas? It helps us come up with solutions and/or products. 27. How can the Design Cycle be used in real world situations? (List three) 27a. You are to make a fire-breathing dragon within two days. Use the design cycle. 27b. You are creating a weapon of mass-destruction. 27c. Your are creating an egg-drop for the sake of egg-safety. 28. Were you nice? Of course. 29. Were you respectful to everyone in the class and all the equipment in the classroom? Of course. 30. Were you a whiny-baby? Not at all 31. On a scale of 1 - 6, give yourself a grade for your attitude: 5-6.
 * STEP 4: EVALUATE **
 * ATTITUDE **

** FINAL CONTRAPTION ** //