Propeller Car
Press Fit Propeller Car
Press Fit Propeller Car
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Propeller Car designed to traverse the 300 Building Hallway and hit the Green Door
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:
- Adobe Illustrator File
- Material Part List (all materials and parts are available in the Fab Lab)
- Step-by-Step Making Instructions (Google Presentation) - also embedded below
Formative Assessment - Demo Day 1
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 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 - 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