Evidence of Work

In planning, we considered the following:

• RESEARCH. Research the scientific and mathematical concepts that you want to incorporate into your project.

• Make a detailed cost analysis for your prototypes (materials, tools), testing (materials, instruments), and promotional needs.

• Research marketing and promotion opportunities for your product, think about materials and funds (Crowdfunding, Sponsors, etc...)

• Look ahead to steps 5 through 8 and plan accordingly on the Capstone outline document, revise your Gantt chart accordingly

• Project Presentation Night will be on the week of the final, so plan accordingly

Learning outcomes: Students will be able to:

• Ask and/or evaluate questions that challenge the premise(s) of an argument, the interpretation of a data set, or the suitability of a design.

• Evaluate merits and limitations of different models of the same proposed tool, process, mechanism, or system in order to select or revise a model that best fits the evidence or design criteria.

• Plan and conduct an investigation individually and collaboratively to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence, and in the design: decide on types, how much, and accuracy of data needed to produce reliable measurements and consider limitations on the precision of the data (e.g., number of trials, cost, risk, time), and refine the design accordingly.

• Consider limitations of data analysis (e.g., measurement error, sample selection) when analyzing and interpreting data.

• Construct and revise an explanation based on valid and reliable evidence obtained from a variety of sources (including students’ own investigations, models, theories, simulations, peer review) and the assumption that theories and laws that describe the natural world operate today as they did in the past and will continue to do so in the future.

• Design, evaluate, and/or refine a solution to a complex real-world problem, based on scientific knowledge, student-generated sources of evidence, prioritized criteria, and tradeoff considerations.

Our lab report with conclusions from the tests we ran with our prototype can be seen below in the first document

Our team plan where we organized our tasks for the week can be seen below in the second document.

Content

Throughout the project we became able to and/or strengthened our skills in the following topics.

Ask and/or evaluate questions that challenge the premise(s) of an argument, the interpretation of a data set, or the suitability of a design.

Evaluate merits and limitations of different models of the same proposed tool, process, mechanism or system in order to select or revise a model that best fits the evidence or design criteria.

Plan and conduct an investigation individually and collaboratively to produce data to serve as the basis for evidence, and in the design,

Consider limitations of data analysis (e.g., measurement error, sample selection) when analyzing and interpreting data.

Construct and revise an explanation based on valid and reliable evidence obtained from a variety of sources (including students’ own investigations, models, theories, simulations, peer review) and the assumption that theories and laws that describe the natural world operate today as they did in the past and will continue to do so in the future.

Design, evaluate, and/or refine a solution to a complex real-world problem, based on scientific knowledge, student-generated sources of evidence, prioritized criteria, and trade-off considerations.

Reflection

Step 4 is a key step to making a successful project that attains our producer and consumer goals. JOMB Bot, unlike many other projects in the class, must be tested in a water source, a quite large water source infact. Unfortunately our school has been unable to afford and maintain a pool on campus. This poses as quite a problem for our team. However, I took it on my own to drive down to Stinson beach, using my own gas money and time, to test our product for my team! I always want to contribute as much as I can with my team and it is important to me that we get the most accurate results from our testing. What better spot to test than the ocean! The plan was set and the ocean was ready for JOMB Bot... however JOMB Bot was not ready for the ocean. Our prototype broke before we could even get it our in the ocean, showing how weak of a product we truly had. But this was a great opportunity to learn and strengthen our project before we even started testing. Our first prototype improvement would be to improve the durability of the outer rim. In other words possibly stray away from duct tape!

We were however able to test our product in household pools. We tested the ability to pick up trash, meaning its efficiency and how the product reacted when used by children. We wanted to make sure the product kept the children safe and was easy to use as well. The key concern with our product was that children might get tangled in the net. So we made sure in shallow waters to make sure the net was not something easily tan-gable. The last thing we tested throughout this entire process was how easy the product was to maneuver and it scored quite high. It was light weight, easy to carry, and did not get in the way with other items.

If I could do something better in the future I would try to manage time better, maybe split up the testing and work load responsibilities. This is a huge project and the work will only be done effectively and efficiently if the work is equally split up between team members. I also got to try and find a way to work around AP tests. Missing 4 days of project work time in school, being 6 hours is a lot of time gone with no time to make it up. It was poorly planned having huge projects correlate with AP tests but as a student there is nothing I can do. I hope we can get everything done to the best of our abilities soon.