7P1 cardboard project

Using cardboard, duct tape, straws, string, paper towel tubes, and paint, I created a chocolate castle with a spider on top and a working door because I thought it would be fun but challenging. The hardest part of this project was figuring out how to paint it without grey paint. The easiest part of this project was making the spider and towers.

During this process, I learned not all ideas are going to work but you can always improvise and change your idea. I also learned that if you know you get along with someone you should probably work with someone. This is because if you do not get along with someone you will probably not agree on an idea and probably won't get much done.

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 Knowledge Constructor becues me and my group knew somethings but we learned how to make a castle with cardboard. It also ties to Innovative Designer because I improvised and came up with new ideas.

A challenge I overcame on this project was we were not going to be able to make the dragon due to not having enough time. I was able to do it by talking with my partner about how we did not have enough time and should probably change our idea and so we came up with doing a spider instead. We also did not have the right color of paint so we used brown and made the castle a chocolate castle.

Given a chance to do this again, I would change that we didn't do the dragon. The reason why I would change it is because I think that it would've been very cool but we did not have enough time.I would also paint the castle grey and not brown.

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 cake decorating.