Propeller Car

Press Fit Propeller Car

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Propeller Car designed to traverse the 300 Building Hallway and hit the Green Door

Gabe Ficklin designed this Propeller Car as a scripted assembly project for MS Fab Lab and Design-Thinking I. This is your starting point. You will assemble Gabe's design for a propeller car using a pre-kitted bag of parts; then design modifications to improve the car's performance (go faster, straighter, or farther).

Your tools:

Step By Step

Formative Assessment - Demo Day 1

Formative Assessment - Demo Day 1 - Test the car you assembled from the pre-kitted bag of parts

Scoring Guide (30 points; 40 points possible!)

  • Ready for Demo Day 1: 0 or 10 points
  • Distance: 0 (< 2 m); 5 (2-10 m); 10 (> 10 m) ; 20 (> 20 m)
  • Survive the Evel Knievel Jump (0.5 m): 0 or 10 points

Summative Assessment 1 - Demo Day 2

Summative Assessment - Demo Day 2 - Test your modified car designed to go farther, faster and/or straighter

Scoring Guide (30 points; 40 points possible!)

  • Ready for Demo Day 1: 0 or 10 points
  • Distance: 0 (< 10 m); 5 (10-20 m); 10 (> 20 m) ; 20 (Hit the Green Door at the end of the 1st floor 300 Building Hallway)
  • Survive the Evel Knievel Jump (2 m): 0 or 10 points

Summative Assessment 2 - Journal and Reflective Web Post

Summative Assessment 2 - Reflective Post - Scoring Guide (Maximum of 75 points)

  • Side-by-Side video - Your Car based on Gabe's Model; Your Modified Car, 0, 5 or 10 points
  • Side-by-Side Glam Shots - Your Car based on Gabe's Model; Your Modified Car, 0, 5 or 10 points
  • Adobe Illustrator drawing(s) - Your Modified Car, 0 or 5 points
  • Picture or you and your Modified Car, 0 or 10 points
  • Post at least 4 images on Shared Google Drive - 0 or 10 - Include 1) Adobe Illustrator Drawing(s) - Your Modified Car; 2) and 3) Glam Shots of Your Car based on Gabe's Model; Your Modified Car; and 4) Picture of you and your Modified Car - 0, 5, 10, 15, or 20 points
  • Reflection 1- describe the improvements in performance (go faster, straighter, or farther), 0, 5 or 10 points
  • Reflection 2 - describe what you did to modify Gabe's design, 0, 5 or 10 points