bridge+design

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? ===

INVESTIGATE: (Day 1) Spend one day playing the following games: __[|Game 1:] __  Click "Level 1" to begin

__[|Game 2:] __  Click "Start" to begin

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Design Brief: (Day 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Requirements: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Your bridge should cross over an index card. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Your bridge should be 5 - 6 inches high. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Your bridge should 4 - 5 inches wide. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Your bridge should hold at least 100 pounds. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You get one handful of popsicle sticks. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Questions: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. What is the strongest type of bridge? truss <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. What bridge would work best for me? arch <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. What geometric shape is the strongest structure? triangle <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Other questions and answers you may have: what bridge is mostly used. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Research Sites to Help You Answer the Questions Above: __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #551a8b; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[|How Stuff Works:] __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Instructables:] __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Student Ideas:] __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Truss Bridge:] __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Building a Bridge:] __ __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[|eHow:] __

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">PLAN: (1/2 Day) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Use a blank piece of paper to draw a rough draft of your bridge. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. On your paper include why you think this bridge will hold the most weight.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CREATE: (4 DAYS) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Did you use all of the glue, popsicle sticks and other materials appropriately? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Did you work with your group members appropriately?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">EVALUATION: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">9. Did you research bridge types? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10. Did your bridge hold 100 pounds? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11. How much weight did your bridge hold? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">12. What would you do differently next time? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">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="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Investigate: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Plan: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Create: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Evaluate: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">14. Were you responsible and safe with all your materials? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">15. Did you follow all my rules in the classroom? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">16. Did you meet all the requirements for this assignment? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">17. How is the Design Cycle important to the successful outcome of a project?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">18. What grade do you deserve on this unit? (1 - 6)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How you will be Graded: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Investigate = 10 points <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Plan = 10 points <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Create = 20 points <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Evaluate = 15 points <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Completing all of the requirements = 40 points <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5 points for being nice

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Total = 100 points