Under view of our plane

 

Top view of our plane

 

1) What's the challenge?

   - The challenge is to build a glider to be able glide as far as possible with limited paper and wood

2) Brainstorm solutions:
-What are the rules of brainstorming? (oxymoron)

   - the rules of brainstorming are to develope and write down your ideas on paper so you can see all your ideas

-List your ideas

   - we had a couple, one was two small wings in the front and back and a raised big wing in the middle - we did this one

   - another idea we had was had 1 big bending wing from the front to back but when we tried it the wood broke

-Sketch at least two of them

  - we chose the first idea

3) Specify:
-Criteria

   - our criteria was to build a glideable glider with soft paper and bendy wood

-Constraints (be specific about materials available)

   - we had limited bulsa wood and limited soft paper to build a glider

What are your goals for your glider and how did you adjust your design in order to help it better meet them?

   - our goal is to make it glide straight without it leaning back or diving straight into the ground. We adjust the lifting of the wings so it doesnt make it fly back and we added more weight to the back and middle

Egg Drop

JUSTIFICATION IN RED

ACHIEVEMENTS EARNED: 15

Idea Generation Achievements-

• Sketch of one possible solution
• Generate a list of achievements for build day
• Document a plan to ensure materials are brought in on block day

Build Achievements-

Material Size-

• Your material fits inside a printer paper box
• Your material fits inside a shoe box

Our design was small enough to fit inside the 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
• Your materials weigh less than 100 grams
• Your materials weigh less than 50 grams

Our design weighed 49 grams.
Drop Achievements-

Drop Accuracy-

• NONE

Our egg broke before we dropped it.
Egg Resilience-

• Your egg broke but the yolk remained intact
• Your egg cracked but the yolk remained inside and intact
• Your egg cracked but was still together

Our egg was only cracked.
Calculation Achievements-

• NONE

We didn't use any math with our design.
Other Achievements-

• Help set up the bulls eye

Fred and i set up the bulls eye on drop day.
The designs that seemed to work best for my class were the ones that were very simple, light, and had a lot of padding around the egg.

If i were to redesign my solutions, I would use less rubber bands and more cotton balls because the rubber bands put to much pressure on the egg.