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Introduction
Introduction
The problems you will solve in engineering are different than most of the problems you will see in other classes. They are open ended and can be solved in many different ways. In order to get good at engineering, it is important to recognize that there are many different ways to develop your solutions and that, more often than not, the solutions you develop wont work exactly as planned. This is why it is important to use a process to develop your solutions, and then test and evaluate your work. Over time, you will cultivate an understanding of what Ideas will float, and what Ideas will sink.
Review the presentation below then split into teams to take on the design challenge. Capture your work in your engineering notebook after copying the template to your own notebook.
Titanic Design Challenge:
You are going to design and build a boat made from tin foil that can hold a weight of Marbles that will traverse the length of the trough powered only by wind generated from a fan. You will be making 2 separate boats. The goal of the challenge is to create the most efficient transport of Marbles. Efficiency in this case is calculated by:
Number of Marbles / Travel Time in Sec = Transport Efficiency (Marbles/Second)
You will need to observe and record why the boat sank and how the boat sank in order to make the appropriate changes.
Equipment:
Scissors
Ruler
Materials:
2 Sheets of Aluminum foil
2 pieces of paper
3 popsicle sticks
6-12” tape
Weights of some kind(pennies or assorted change, marbles, etc.)
Document your work in your engineering notebook using the following Notebook Template:
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