2-28-12

Today in robotics, Kirby and I built a robot. We put the wheels on backwards and had to start all over. We tried to work really fast except we did not get our robot finished. We almost finished building it, all we had left was about 3 or 4 steps. Next time, I will be sure that we read the instructions more carefully so that we can get our robot done! :) We were supposed to be able to build the robot in 5 minutes, but it took us like 30 minutes...

02/13/12

    Our challenge was to build a structure that holds a book. The materials we could use were 20 unbroken spaghetti, 30 marshmallows, ruler, and small books.
 Design Brief:
    Our product reaches the requirements of the design because it was at least 4.5" tall. We also used the right materials; spaghetti and marshmallows. Our product was not successful in holding a one pound book.
   
    Our product will help or change society, because everyone can look at our mistakes so they don't have to make the same design mistakes as us. It can also help society be letting people get and idea of what shapes and materials to build there products.
    I think our performance on this product was proficient because we worked as a team, and only missed one of the requirements.
    If I were to do something different, I would have put more support and not eat the marshmallows. I would have also made more than one sketch just in case my first design didn't work.

 Here is my sketch for the design.