Egg+Drop!

// a. Identify the Problem: // 1. Identify the Problem: We need to stop an egg from breaking when we drop it, using only 60 straws and hot glue. // b. Develop the Design Brief: // 2. Research, and find designs that would work for your egg drop. ok... We researched. 3. How do you know that these resources are trustworthy? We don't.  4. Explain why not all Internet sources are trustworthy? A professional look as well as the date posted. // c. Formulate a Design Specification // 5. List all the requirements you must meet to create the egg drop: see bottom of page
 * THE DESIGN CYCLE **** EGG DROP DESIGN FOLDER **
 * STEP 1: INVESTIGATE **



6. Why is it important to test your egg drop before the final “drop”? To see if the design works.

7. How does making an egg drop apply to a real world situation? Problem solving with limited supplies. // a. Design a Product or Solution: // 8. Create three completely different designs using the Brainstorming Chart. ok.. [|IB Brainstorming Chart .pdf] // b. Plan a Product or Solution: // 9. Which design do you think will work best? We're going to combine two of our designs.
 * STEP 2: PLAN **

10. Why did you choose these designs? -They both had more pros than cons and both look like they will work well. 11. On the back of your brainstorming paper, draw your final draft. -ok...  12. Plan how you will get the entire project finished by Oct. 19 By friday we are going to have the main part of our design (the part that holds the egg) done. Then Monday-Tuesday we are going to add onto our design. // 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 hot-glue guns, be careful with the scissors (don't run with them...), be careful with pointy straws. 14. Were you nice, respective, responsible, and did you have a good attitude? Explain: Yes, yes, yes and yes! We didn't argue, and we were responsible with our trash, and we were optimistic. // 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, we were never confused as to what we should have been doing. 17. Did you follow my requirements? Yes! // c. Create the Product/Solution: // 18. What areas of your plan needed troubleshooting? The final design needed tweaking, and we had to be careful about our limit of straws.
 * STEP 3: CREATE **



// a. Evaluate the Product/Solution: // 19. Was your design successful? Partially, the egg cracked, but didn't fall apart. 20. How could you improve your solution? We could have made the compartment that held the egg smaller, and secured the straws more. 21. What part of your design would you use again? The straws that stuck out really helped cushion the fall. // 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. Check! 26. How can the Design Cycle be used in other subject areas? Whenever you do a project in **any** class, you can use the Design Cycle. 27. How can the Design Cycle be used in real world situations? (List three) When you are creating a project for a job, when you are designing a building, and when you are cooking! 28. Were you nice? Yes, yes we were! 29. Were you respectful to everyone in the class and all the equipment in the classroom? Yes!! 30. Were you a whiny-baby? No, we were very mature... :)  31. On a scale of 1 - 6, give yourself a grade for your attitude: 6
 * STEP 4: EVALUATE **
 * ATTITUDE **

= ** 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.