7P1: Design Challenge

Using Cardboard, duct tape, markers (Purple, red, brown), hot glue, and foil I created a car because we had the most interest in designing a car out of our other options. Some of our other options were a house, a bed, and a duck. We chose the car because we thought it would be the most interesting, while also not taking too much time.

During this process, I learned that if you have someone to work with, you get more done. Another thing I learned is that cardboard doesn't always stand the way you want it to.

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 because we had to figure out how we wanted to design the car using the knowledge we already had about designing things with cardboard.

A challenge I overcame on this project was the stability of the back platform. I was able to do it by using pieces of cardboard to stabilize the back. I also used hot glue and tape to hold the cardboard onto the pieces we wanted to connect.

Given a chance to do this again, I would change the way I designed the back. The reason why I would change it is because it was not stable enough to do what we wanted. We did eventually fix it by using hot glue, tape, and cardboard.

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 car factories, and car design companies because they put things together piece by piece like we did.