Egg+Drop


 * [[image:Photo_2.jpg]]THE DESIGN CYCLE **** EGG DROP DESIGN FOLDER **


 * STEP 1: INVESTIGATE **

// a. Identify the Problem: //

1. Identify the Problem: We have to make a design that will protect an egg in a 15 foot fall.

// 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? I thought of them myself.

4. Explain why not all Internet sources are trustworthy? The egg drop could be using different requirements from ours.

// c. Formulate a Design Specification //

5. List all the requirements you must meet to create the egg drop: ** DESIGN CYCLE ASSIGNMENT - EGG DROP **


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= Requirements: =
 * 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.

= When you are finished: =

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 Take a picture of your egg drop. ======



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 Add your pictures to the end of your Design Folder. ======



6. Why is it important to test your egg drop before the final “drop”? To see which way it will fall.

7. How does making an egg drop apply to a real world situation? You have to solve a problem just like an engineer.


 * STEP 2: PLAN **

// 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 cube design

10. Why did you choose this design? The egg doesn't bounce around and the corners take out all the force of the impact.

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!) Monday: Nick is absent so Aaron and I will see how the straws will fit in our design and if we will have enough. We might start. Tuesday: We will start making it and make the outer part of the cube Wednesday: We will glue together all the walls and exterior of the cube but leave one side open. Thursday: We will finish and design a door for the egg to go in and test which way it will fall.


 * STEP 3: CREATE **

// a. Use Appropriate Techniques and Equipment: //

13. List three safety tips you need to follow to while creating your egg drop: Be careful with the glue guns and hot glue and scissors.

14. Were you nice, respective, responsible, and did you have a good attitude? Explain: Yes, I had a good attitude and got the project done

// b. Follow the Plan: //

15. Did you follow your plan? Yes

16. Did you create steps in your plan that were easy to follow? Yes

17. Did you follow my requirements? Yes

// c. Create the Product/Solution: //

18. What areas of your plan needed troubleshooting? We had to evaluate a shortage of straws and how to use each straw right.


 * STEP 4: EVALUATE **

// a. Evaluate the Product/Solution: //

19. Was your design successful? Yes

20. How could you improve your solution? Reinforce the egg holder.

21. What part of your design would you use again? A tight egg holder.

// 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? You use science and math with the design cycle to create things.

27. How can the Design Cycle be used in real world situations? (List three) Creating an invention, an engineer solving a problem, a company making a business plan.


 * ATTITUDE **

28. Were you nice? Yes

29. Were you respectful to everyone in the class and all the equipment in the classroom? Yes

30. Were you a whiny-baby? No

31. On a scale of 1 - 6, give yourself a grade for your attitude: 6