Area of Interaction: Human Ingenuity Significant Concept: The Design Cycle can help me solve problems and complete tasks. Unit Question: How does the Design Cycle help me stick with it?
Design Specifications: Using 4 rolls of duct-tape and the Design Cycle, create a useful product that can help people in their daily lives.
Research & Analysis:
Completely explain the problem you are going to solve and its relevance to your life.
I am going to make a wallet. Some people don't have a wallet and drop their money and don't find it.
Critically investigate the problem and evaluate information from a variety of appropriate sources.
Provide a detailed explanation of how you will test your product against the design specifications. (requirements)
If I can put money in it. If it will hold the money, and if the money wont drop.
Design:
Create a range of possible designs, and evaluate all of them against the design specifications (requirements).
I can make a wallet with one pocket, just to hold the money. I can make a wallet with several pockets to hold money and credit cards.
Choose the best design and evaluate it fully against the design specifications (requirements).
Create a plan that contains a number of detailed, logical steps that describes how you will use your resources and time.
Have a row of tape sticky side up 12x12(Less Length small wallet, More length Bigger wallet) length.
Have another row of tape same side.
Put the two sticky sides together.
Cut the sides, and tape them.
Fold in half.
Evaluate the plan and justify any changes to your design.
Realizing the Solution:
Skillfully use appropriate techniques and equipment.
Follow your plan, justify changes in the plan, and create an appropriate product using your resources and time.
Evaluate:
Evaluate your product based on the design specifications, results of testing, and feedback from self and others.
It does work, I did everything I planned. It does hold money.
Evaluate your performance at each stage of the design cycle and suggest improvements.
I could of used less tape for the length.
Completely explain how sticking to a task impacts your life and environment.
If you stick to something like school, and keep working in it and get good grades, you have a better chance to get a good job.
Does sticking together as a group affect your work? Why or Why not?
Yes, because someone in the group might not do their work.
If you could change one thing about this activity, what would you change?
Stick It!
Area of Interaction: Human IngenuitySignificant Concept: The Design Cycle can help me solve problems and complete tasks.
Unit Question: How does the Design Cycle help me stick with it?
Design Specifications: Using 4 rolls of duct-tape and the Design Cycle, create a useful product that can help people in their daily lives.
Research & Analysis:
Design:
Realizing the Solution:
- Skillfully use appropriate techniques and equipment.
- Follow your plan, justify changes in the plan, and create an appropriate product using your resources and time.
Evaluate: