Egg+Drop+2

**Requirements:** **THE DESIGN CYCLE** **- EGG DROP** **STEP 1: RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS** Identify the Problem: We have to save an egg from a 15 ft. drop. Research, and find designs that would work for your egg drop. (add links for each of your resources)
 * DESIGN CYCLE ASSIGNMENT - EGG DROP**
 * 1) Using the Design Cycle, create an "egg pod" that will save an egg from a 15 foot drop.
 * 2) You will have 60 straws to complete this assignment.
 * 3) You will have a few (5 - 7) glue sticks to complete this project.
 * 4) You will have 4 class periods (57-60 minutes) to create your product.
 * 5) You will not receive your egg until we are outside the day we drop the eggs.
 * 6) You will not have any glue the day we drop the eggs.
 * 7) Create a new page on your wiki and name it "Egg Drop". Copy and paste the information below onto your new page.

http://connorwoohoo.wikispaces.com/Egg+Drop

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List all the requirements you must meet to create the egg drop: 4 class periods, 5-7 glue sticks, 60 straws, Why is it important to test your egg drop before the final “drop”? It's somewhat like our prototype. It lets us know if it will work or not. How does making an egg drop apply to a real world situation? There's a process that you have to go through when creating new things. You have to research and brainstorm. Then, you plan and create your product and finally, evaluate. **STEP 2: DESIGN** Create three completely different designs using the Brainstorming Chart.

Which design do you think will work best? the third one. Why did you choose this design? We will be using cut up straws as a "wrap" like bubble wrap that'll cushion the egg when it hits the ground. On the back of your brainstorming paper, draw your final draft. Plan how you will get the entire project finished by May 29th (A Day) or 30th (B Day). (Must include a detailed list of step-by-step instructions for creating your egg drop) 1. First, we'll cut the straws to make it roughly 3/4 the length of the original straw. We will create 3 layers of straws and use that as our base. 2. After the base, we'll start making a cube like shape from our base with the straws. 3. We'll leave a hole at the top of the cube. This is where we'll insert the egg. 4. With the left over straws from the straws that we cut up from before, we'll use it and stick it in our cube. These straws will hopefully absorb the shock and prevent egg from breaking.

**STEP 3: REALIZING THE SOLUTION** List three safety tips you need to follow while creating your egg drop: 1. Don't play around with the equipment. 2. Make sure the hot glue gun will stay in one place and not fall off the side of the table. 3. Don't touch the glue right after it is used by a gun. Did you follow your plan? Yes. Did you create steps in your plan that were easy to follow? Yes. Did you follow my requirements? Yes. What areas of your plan needed troubleshooting? The base was the area of our project that needed troubleshooting. The base was the part that needed troubleshooting because we believed that it was the most susceptible part of the egg drop. The base is also one of the most important parts of the egg drop.

**STEP 4: EVALUATE** //__Evaluate the Product/Solution:__// Was your design successful? Yes and no. It only survived the first drop. How could you improve your solution? We can make a bigger and stronger base. It'll absorb more energy at impact. What part of your design would you use again? I would use the "bubble wrap" design again. I believe that it absorbs a lot of the energy at impact. //__Evaluate the Use of the Design Cycle:__// Grade yourself, using the IB Rubric, for each stage of the Design Cycle. How can the Design Cycle be used in other subject areas? We can use the Design Cycle in science for a science project or science fair. The Design Cycle will make the project more organized and easier to accomplish. How can the Design Cycle be used in real world situations? (List three) 1. You can use the Design Cycle when you are constructing a building. You need to plan and research how you should make the building. Then, you'll create the building and after it's finished, you can evaluate the building. 2. When you are trying to come up with a new invention or innovation. You research what problems there are in the world that need to be solved. Then, you can create your invention that'll solve those problems. 3. You can use the Design Cycle when trying to solve any problem, for instance a computer problem. You can research what common problems occur in that computer and then try to solve the solution to fix it. After you have done what you'll think will fix the computer, you can go back, evaluate, and see if it fixed the computer.