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? ===

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">INVESTIGATE: (Day 1) <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Spend one day playing the following games: <span style="background-color: initial; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">[|Game 1:] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Click "Level 1" to begin

<span style="background-color: initial; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">[|Game 2:] <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Click "Start" to begin

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Design Brief: (Day 2) <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Requirements: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Your bridge should cross over an index card. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Your bridge should be 5 - 6 inches high. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Your bridge should 4 - 5 inches wide. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Your bridge should hold at least 100 pounds. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">You get one handful of popsicle sticks. <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Questions: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. What is the strongest type of bridge? <span style="color: #ed123c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">truss bridge <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. What bridge would work best for me? <span style="color: #ed123c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">truss bridge <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">3. What geometric shape is the strongest structure? <span style="color: #ed123c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">the triangle. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">4. Other questions and answers you may have: <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Research Sites to Help You Answer the Questions Above: [|How Stuff Works:] [|Instructables:] [|Student Ideas:] [|Truss Bridge:] [|Building a Bridge:] [|eHow:]

<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: #ed123c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Yes I did use all of the materials appropriately. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">8. Did you work with your group members appropriately?<span style="color: #ed123c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Yes I worked with my group appropriately.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">EVALUATION: <span style="color: #ed123c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">9. Did you research bridge types? Yes we did research bridge types. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">10. Did your bridge hold 100 pounds? <span style="color: #ed123c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">yes it held more than 100 pounds <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: #ed123c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">our bridge held 113 pounds <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: #ed123c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">add more triangles. <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. We researched what kind of bridge we wanted to do. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. We could have investigated how to make it stronger. <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. we drew what we wanted to make multiple times to figure out which one would work best. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. We could have planned it to be higher so we could meet that requirement. <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. we worked hard and had fun while making our bridge. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. we didnt meet the height requirement which we should have. <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 understood what mistakes we made. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. we didn't rub it in peoples faces that we're fantastic which we should have :D <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">14. Were you responsible and safe with all your materials? yes we were responsible and safe with all our materials. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">15. Did you follow all my rules in the classroom? yes we did, despite what alex says jess was talking about. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">16. Did you meet all the requirements for this assignment? no our bridge was not tall enough. <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? it helped us make a fantastic bridge.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">18. What grade do you deserve on this unit? (1 - 6) 4 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">How you will be Graded: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Investigate = 10 points <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Plan = 10 points <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Create = 20 points <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Evaluate = 15 points <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Completing all of the requirements = 40 points <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">5 points for being nice

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Total = 100 points