8P8 - Keva Planks 2

Using Keva Planks and an iPad, I created a big castle. I did this because I have seen it done before and it looked very cool. I also did this because I thought the castle towers would be a challenge.

During this process, I learned that if you stack enough keva planks in a row, it can be very stable. I thought that when I stacked them all up it would collapse, but it didn't. If it did, I would have to redo my design and start over.

The 7 standards of the class are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator. My project ties to Empowered Learner. My project ties to this standard because I set a goal and kept track of that goal through my daily log.

A challenge I overcame on this project was making the design of the walls. I originally was stacking the planks on their side but realized that it wasn't balanced enough. I was able to do it by stacking the planks flat and stacking more on top.

Given a chance to do this again, I would change the size. The reason why I would change it is because it was way too big and I used almost 2 whole boxes of planks. If we had more planks, I would make it bigger though.

Hastings High School Career and Technical Education Program offers Agriculture, Business Management, Computer Programming, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Digital Multimedia, Engineering Design, Finance, Insurance, Marketing.  My project connects to the Engineering Design CTE program at Hastings High School.  My project connects to careers in woodworking.