Bridge+Project

 BRIDGE PROJECT Area of Interaction: Human Ingenuity === Significant Concepts: Basic design concepts. === === Unit Question: How is the Design Cycle important to the successful outcome of a project? ===

Design Brief: Requirements: Your bridge should cross over an index card. Your bridge should be 5 - 6 inches high. Your bridge should 4 - 5 inches wide. Your bridge should hold at least 100 pounds. You get one handful of popsicle sticks. Questions: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. What is the strongest type of bridge?

A bridge with many triangles (usually a double truss bridge). <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">2. What bridge would work best for me? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">I can't make a flat bridge so I need the strongest arc bridge. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">3. What geometric shape is the strongest structure?

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">The triangle <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">4. Other questions and answers you may have: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">PLAN: (1/2 Day) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">5. Use a blank piece of paper to draw a rough draft of your bridge. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">6. On your paper include why you think this bridge will hold the most weight.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">CREATE: (4 DAYS) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">7. Did you use all of the glue, popsicle sticks and other materials appropriately?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Yes, and I even had to use some extra. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">8. Did you work with your group members appropriately? Yes, we worked well together and supported each other's ideas. <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">EVALUATION: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">9. Did you research bridge types? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Yes

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">10. Did your bridge hold 100 pounds? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">yes <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">11. How much weight did your bridge hold? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">209 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">12. What would you do differently next time? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">Give it better support on the bottom <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">13. Reflect on all the steps of the Design Cycle. What did you do well? What do you need to improve? (Notice that there are two questions, answer both of them!)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Investigate: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. I looked into the main truss styles of bridges and decided on my favorite. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. I could have looked into different types of bridges. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Plan: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. I set up a plan and measured how big everything should be. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. It could have been more specific- it was slightly vague. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Create: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. My partner and I built the project with all the requirements and finished a day early. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. We added a lot onto the original plan. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Evaluate: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. We added, as I said above, to the original plan as we saw faults. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. After we fixed those things, we just left it alone. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">14. Were you responsible and safe with all your materials? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">We were responsible and and safe. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">15. Did you follow all my rules in the classroom? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Yes. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">16. Did you meet all the requirements for this assignment? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Yes, thats why we won. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">17. How is the Design Cycle important to the successful outcome of a project?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">18. What grade do you deserve on this unit? (1 - 6)
6, we worked hard, safely, and we followed all the requirements. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">