Monday, April 11, 2011

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.

1 comment:

  1. Great insight at the end as far as how you would redesign.

    When you use your partner's write up, make sure you do your due dillegence to change names in the text. You refer to yourself!

    How did you guys miss the target? This looks like you could get pretty accurate with your design. I appreciate your integrity regarding your accuracy (don't need to check my notes). Thanks.

    Please include dimensions on your sketches to make them more useful.

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