Showing posts with label Engineering Egg Drop Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Engineering Egg Drop Challenge. Show all posts

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Iteration #1


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.