Using cardboard, scissors, hot glue, hot glue gun, and paper, I created a train because I like trains and want to see if I can make something that looks ok..

During this process, I learned that it is better to talk and discuss about what you want to do, and to work together to make something great.

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 and Innovative designer because my group set goals and plans to make and create a thing, and kept track of the things we did daily to our project. Also we resolved problems in our project. A challenge I overcame on this project was creating the wheels of the train. I was able to do it by tracing the best wheel and make it as circle as possible, and as detailed as possible.

Given a chance to do this again, I would change the wheels. The reason why I would change it is because I did a terrible job at it. I made the wheels way to not circle and they were oval shape.

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 and construction trades CTE program at Hastings High School.  

My project connects to careers in industrial design because It merges art, engineering, and business to optimize a product's usability.