Rube+Goldberg

** DESIGN FOLDER **
 * ** THE DESIGN CYCLE **
 * ** THE DESIGN CYCLE **

//** a. Identify the Problem: **// 1. How does the Design Cycle apply to your project, life, and society? a. Project: **The Design cycle applies to our project because it can aid us in creating something to meet the requirements yet be substantial at the same time. Without using the Design Cycle our project would not be as organized and efficient as it needs to be.** b. Life (Think future jobs): **In future jobs we will definitely use the Design Cycle because they do not exist today and we will need to be inquirers as well as investigative to learn about the jobs that are available to us and how to execute them.** c. Society: **The Design Cycle can apply to society because when a sudden problem arises, this can come in handy when you have to troubleshoot and research quickly and efficiently.** 2. Identify the problem: || ||
 * Approaches to Learning: Human Ingenuity **
 * Unit Questions: How is the Design Cycle important to the successful outcome of a project? **
 * STEP 1: INVESTIGATE **
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//** b. Develop the Design Brief: **// 3. What is a Rube Goldberg? **A Rube Goldberg machine is a machine that is used to help people get things done that they don't feel like doing.** 4. What supplies do you have? **The supplies we have are:** 5. What supplies do you need? **We need a fake fish and and a bowl to place the fish inside of.** 6. List all the requirements you must meet to create the Rube Goldberg Machine:
 * **styrofoam**
 * **a cardboard pipe**
 * **boxes**
 * **straws**
 * **string**
 * **gears**
 * **a toy ambulance**
 * **pop sicle sticks**
 * **paper**
 * **a cup**
 * **paper bags**
 * // c. Formulate a Design Specification - The Design Brief Continued: //**


 * 1) **It must be at least three feet tall.**
 * 2) **It must have at least 5 straight drops. All five drops must be a different length.**
 * 3) **It must change directions at least 15 times. You decide the direction and the slope.**
 * 4) **It must stand on it’s own. You cannot use a table or chair to balance it.**
 * 5) **It also must be portable.**
 * 6) **You may only use the materials provided.**
 * 7) **You may also bring one throw away items from home. For example, a milk carton, juice carton, a box, egg carton, and/or a cereal box. Do not bug your parents and tell them you need a milk carton. Get some thing that is not needed any more.**
 * 8) **Create a new page on your wiki and name it "IB Design Cycle" - your entire Design Folder should be posted on this page. Copy and paste the Design Folder onto your new page.**

7. Add two of your own requirements: (You need to make sure you meet these requirements!) 8. How many times will you test your machine before the final test? **We will test our machine at least 60 times to make sure it works for the final test.** 9. Why is it important to test your machine before the final day? **It is important to test our machine so we can make modifications and add strength to our flaws.** 10. How does making a Rube Goldberg Machine apply to a real world situation? **A Rube Goldberg Machine applies to a real world situation because it can be similar to the CNC's that we use in our day to day lives. Also, perhaps we need to troubleshoot, a Rube Goldberg Machine can help us solve our problems because it can be created easily.** // a. Design a Product or Solution: // 11. Create three completely different designs: Please fill out this chart [|IB Brainstorming Chart .pdf] and hand the paper in the basket when you are finished with all of Step 2 (all of the Plan section). // b. Plan a Product or Solution: // 12. Which design do you think will work best? ** I think the design of feeding the fish will work best mostly because my group and I have lots of ideas for this. ** 13. Why did you choose this design? On the back of your Brainstorming Chart, sketch your design and the parts you need to complete your Rube Goldberg. Don't forget you can bring two items from home per group. 14. List the steps to create your design: (You need to create your own steps and organize your time and resources. Each day you should have a list of things you need to accomplish in order to get done by the due date.) __ April 4: __
 * **We NEED the Rube Goldberg machine to work for sure.**
 * **We NEED to meet all the requirements.**
 * STEP 2: PLAN **
 * It's simple yet slightly challenging and allows our brain to think more, but its not very improbable like most of our designs. However, this is a unique design which will enable us to encounter new and amazing ideas. **
 * sketch the design- Zoe and Simran **
 * sort out items- Keegan and Demi **
 * answer questions- Simran and Demi **
 * build the beginning- Demi and Keegan **
 * 4/5: Simran and Zoe make direction changes or the main ramp **
 * Keegan and Demi make straw support **
 * 4/6: Zoe and Keegan: Make the box and fix the stuff with the toy car **
 * Simran and Demi: Add all drops and more direction changes **
 * 4/7: All- line up the pieces that have been make. **
 * 4/8: (Job Shadow) **
 * 4/11: Keegan- works on marble running smoothly **
 * Demi and Zoe- the car hitting the fish food on the boxs **
 * Simran- fish food in the box with the fish...(the hard part :) **
 * 4/12: Put the pieces together and glue **
 * 4/13: Test and make more adjustments **
 * 4/14: Make final adjustments and test run until it works correctly and complete products **

// a. Use Appropriate Techniques and Equipment: // 15. List three safety tips you need to follow to while creating your machine: // b. Follow the Plan: // 16. Did you follow your plan? 17. Did you create steps that were easy to follow? 18. Did you follow my requirements? 19. Did you follow your requirements? // c. Create the Product/Solution: // 20. What areas of your did you need to troubleshoot? 21. Were you able to troubleshoot effectively? Explain: // a. Evaluate the Product/Solution: // 22. Was your design successful? 23. Did you test your machine before the final day? How many times did you test it? 24. How could you improve your design? 25. What part of your design would you use again? // b. Evaluate the Use of the Design Cycle: // 26. Grade yourself, using the IB Rubric, for each stage of the Design Cycle. Click here for the rubric. 27. How can the Design Cycle be used in other subject areas? 28. How is the Design Cycle important to the successful outcome of a project? 29. What grade do you deserve and why? __**6**__ **because we accomplished the task necessary and we fit all the requirements needed. We went above and beyond and we achieved the goals given to us!**
 * STEP 3: CREATE **
 * 1) ** Don't hurt yourself while using various tools. **
 * 2) ** Don't lose your temper when something doesn't work otherwise it will cause stress which will cause high blood pressure which will cause imminent death. **
 * 3) ** Don't hurt yourself while breaking a pop sickle without any tools **
 * Attempts were made to follow the plan, but we unfortunately had a shortage of supplies, so the EXACT plan couldn't be followed, but we definitely tried our best. **
 * Yes, we definitely made all of our steps so they were easy to follow, but they became hard when we didn't have enough supplies. **
 * Yes, we definitely followed all of your requirements. **
 * Indeed. **
 * We had to troubleshoot when we didn't have enough supplies in general. Some specific parts were **
 * ** we didn't have enough drops, so we had to think of a way to make them **
 * ** Our project wasn't 3 feet tall, but we ended up troubleshooting and Demi and I made a pillar using our styrofoam box **
 * ** Our marble wouldn't hit the car, so we had to think of a way to make that happen **
 * Yes, between the four of us, we passed it along until we got the result we intended originally. **
 * STEP 4: EVALUATE **
 * Yes! We are extremely happy right now! **
 * Yes we did, we tested it multiple times (about 20) which was a great idea because otherwise our machine would have been a fail. **
 * We could have thought more about the amount of the materials we had and incorporated it better into the design. We could have been more realistic with the height of it and measurements as well as putting together the pieces we all worked on. Overall, we should have made our machine a little more robust and perhaps durable so we could see it last for quite a while. **
 * We would use the ramp with many turns again because its productive to meet the requirements. Also, we would most definitely use the styrofoam pillar because it also helped us meet the height requirement. **
 * INVESTIGATE: 6 **
 * PLAN: 6 **
 * CREATE: 6 **
 * EVALUATE: 6 **
 * It can be used in any subject to create the best project or product possible because of the thorough thinking it creates when you follow all the steps. Also, in other classes we have projects which we want to get a good grade on and using the design cycle is very beneficial to us. **
 * EX: A couple months ago, we create a poster board on an element and that required the use of the design cycle. **
 * If the plan is well thought out (by the process of the Design Cycle) then it should go according to plan and be successful. So far every time I have used the design cycle, my projects have turned out well, and I am very happy about that. :D **

Our awesome Rube Goldberg!!: Sorry about the quality and my annoying voice..hehe :P

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